The location just can't be beat, 5 min walk to Circular Quay from where you can take the bus, train or ferry anywhere. It's also across the road from Observatory Hill, but it reached full capacity quite early on NYE so we watched the fireworks from the window at the attic room. It was quite an experience staying in a historical 19th century terrace house, the stairs are steep and narrow and known issues with the wifi, plumbing etc are minor and clearly depicted in the house manual. Although you can tell the place was lovingly restored, there were cobwebs, dust and an odor due to lack of air circulation when the windows aren't open and the kitchen was a bit of a mess left by prior guests. I stayed for a week over X'mas and NYE , and at US$1.3K to be honest I would have chosen somewhere else to stay had I not relied on the pictures