We loved our time at Patricia's Dormer Heaven, so much so that we returned later in our Australia trip. For us, the location was perfect, only ten mins walk from Bondi Junction, where trains in to the city and buses out to the beaches take only another fifteen-twenty minutes at most. Bondi Junction is also an excellent shopping center and (more daytime) eating location. Centennial Park is just a few hundred meters in the opposite direction for morning runners and walkers. Overnight parking is easy to find too. The house itself has great character, and we found our attic room perfectly spacious, ensuring that the two of us parents and our child did not feel crowded. The room comes with kettle, coffee, tea, though we made more use of the downstairs kitchen, where proper breakfast supplies are on hand and we were made welcome to use the fridge and cook for ourselves (very helpful for an extended stay in an expensive city). All appliances (TV etc) and bathroom units worked just fine, and the general vibe of the house is such that interaction with any guests on the ground floor were more than amenable. We did not get to meet the extraordinarily well-traveled Patricia; her daughter Marcelle looked after us perfectly instead. Lots of good info on hand for first-time Sydney visitors as well.
The attic room does pick up some traffic noise from the main road, and the curtains let in a fair amount of light. We stayed in early spring, when the temperatures were still quite cool, and the house does not sit well for natural sun, so the sleeping blankets came in handy. The family likes to keep the kitchen door open to the back yard for the very mild-mannered dogs, which did make the place a little too chilly for comfort at times. We were using the kitchen a fair bit in addition to cooking as the wi-fi upstairs was a little weak. These are relatively minor observations for such a delightful space. Would absolutely visit again.