We had a home away from home in Sydney in Erikas and Manuels apartment. One of the main reasons we really loved to stay in Sydney for 3 days.
The neighborhood is calm and green but within 5 minutes you'll find some hip bistros and restaurants, bars and grocery stores.
We could walk to every sight from the apartment within 20 minutes: Opera, Surry Hills, Chinatown, the Rocks, Darling Harbour and you just take a bus/train to bondi beach.
The apartment is clean and the bed linen/towels were fresh.
It is common in this area that you will find some cockroaches/ants in the cosy apartment, but that wasn't a problem.
We cooked every day in the apartment and their roommate staying in the apartment at the same time was giving us some helpful advice.
Thank you!