The host did make us feel welcome; arrival we found a lovely bottle of sparkling wine. I believe that the description of the apartment is reasonably accurate, I was unaware that the apartment was in a converted industrial building, which you would expect to provide a light and airy feeling, unfortunately this is not the case as there is a large grey concrete post in the middle of the room in front of the window, the ceilings are precast concrete, so with a grey ceiling, dark wooden walls and dark wood effect kitchen units, the apartment became depressive and dismal. When I contacted Leah to say I was unaware how dark the apartment was due to the temporary scaffolding being outside the building, her reply was ‘ with the tree , the apartment has not have any natural light’ so the scaffolding won’t make much difference.
The furniture in the apartment modern and of a high standard, but once again disappointed with the cleanliness of the dishwasher, this looked like it had not been cleaned for quite some time, also while we all realise that the rubber seal around the washing machine gets dirty, this was so bad it was unusable.
My final comment is regarding the amount of half used food and drinks that were left in the fridge, and cupboards, some of these were so old they were out of date, we appreciate that Leah is trying to be helpful, but half used food such as butter, fruit juice and breakfast cereal is not acceptable.
The apartment is in a convenient location for getting round Sydney.
I want to be fair to Leah and understand that this is my opinion, but feel that the comments are justified.