Melanie is a lovely and thoughtful host. She reached out to us one week prior to our arrival to advice us on directions, check in instructions as well as house rules. She also took the trouble to replenish her coffee machine and even prepared some chocolates for my two young children as a welcome gift for them.
We were touched upon arrival to find out that she had left out flannel robes for my young children as well as hot water bottles to warm their beds with as we arrived during winter. She is a great communicator and in the true spirit of home sharing, opened her home up to us and told us to help ourselves to anything we might need in her house.
The townhouse itself is in a great location - away from the hustle and bustle of the city, in a great residential neighbourhood with gorgeous views of the harbour from the room windows. There’s also off street parking for one car which is really great as parking in Sydney is crazy expensive.
Just a point to note - this listing does not have a clothes dryer on site (which was listed as one of the amenities). Melanie does however have a clothes rack for you to hang your laundry for drying. We stayed for a week and it rained 5 days out of the 7 days we were there so we would have greatly appreciated having a dryer machine seeing we had two young kids in tow. Nonetheless we enjoyed our stay. Just a pity about the incessant wet weather. :)