This is our first AirBnB experience so we have no other experiences to compare it to. Julia responded very promptly when we contacted her about anything. The bed was comfortable and the shared bathroom wasn’t as awkward as we thought it might be. It took us 10-15 minutes to walk to the beach. We liked being less than a 5-minute drive to all the restaurants at The Strand on Dee Why Beach. And the bus to Manly was only a four-minute walk.