Recently we stayed at Simone's house in Balmain. Simone was a great host, very organized at responding quickly to my emails. The house was cosy and well equipped, however there was no air conditioning and we struck a patch of really sticky humid weather and really craved an air con at that point although we had a fan we ened up buying another to cope. The bathrooms were quite small and not very practical but did the job in the end. The 3 levels are not for the faint hearted and if you have knee issues these could be challenging. Now for the good stuff....the views were to die for. Spectacular, breathtaking and epitomised the essence of sydney. We couldn't get enough and took lots of photos to remember and savour.
I would recommend Simone's house. We felt at home thanks to our lovely host, it was centrally located and the possums and birds were a bonus.

Cheers
Dianne