Location - Anthony and Sarah’s property is amazing. A beautiful old house that feels very private though being very close to transport links to the city center (about 20 minutes on the L3). The property is also a 25 minute walk from Coogee beach. The property is on a rise so not on street level - one can either take a small amount of stairs up or a gradual walk up the small hill.
Bedrooms - two lovely bedrooms. Great size and comfortable beds. The carpets had a lot of fluff on them but were clean.
Bathroom - beautiful old bathroom, the shower screen appears to have been taken off but this doesn’t affect use of the shower.
Kitchen - kitchen is good. Large fridge-freezer. Everything worked.
Garden - great garden, sitting space and lots of green area. Gets a lot of sunlight after midday till sunset and lots of interesting birds come through. The washing machine is in a separate cupboard outside - and there is lots of hanging space on the side of the house.
Bins - Anthony informed us of when the bins were collected - as the previous guest who stayed before did not want to put out the bins, we had to take out very heavy bins with all their rubbish on the third night which was difficult due to the house being on a rise with steps down to the street. I do not blame Anthony for this but would ask that future guests please take out the bins regularly to avoid them getting very full - as when they are light this is an easy task.
Heating and WiFi - heating is in the form of portable heaters. We could get two of these to work but not the other two. These were definitely needed the first couple weeks of the stay when it was very cold outside. Towards the end we no longer needed them.
The wifi does not work at all, so me and the other two guests had to use data and pay for a tip up at a certain point because of this. Hopefully the wifi will be fixed for the following tenant, or taken off the amenities of the listing. As even though we had no WiFi, the value of this stay beat all others.
Communication- Anthony gave me two contacts to message I needed anything. Alistair was one of these contacts and was great, would respond very quickly and was always very helpful.
After seeing a very rough review for this property. I should like to say that the property was not at all like how it was described in this for me. The bins inside were clean and had binbags, beds were made, lots of spare linens and towels, even complimentary shampoo, conditioner and body wash. The house is much bigger than pictures show which was a nice surprise, great living room, dining room, kitchen and office. The porch is set up nicely with a couple of chairs and gets a lot of sun in the morning. I hope the hosts aren’t affected by the review left before me - by the time I stayed the house was great and was by far the most affordable property I stayed at in Sydney with an amazing array of amenities. Thanks Anthony and Sarah!