Pros:
* Sabrina (the host) was excellent: highly responsive, friendly, and accommodating when I had an issue and needed to check out prematurely
* Location: the apartment is in the midst of some very cool neighborhoods, easily walkable to lots of great restaurants, coffee shops, and bars... also walkable to the botanical gardens and sydney opera house although that's a longer walk
* Spacious: the apartment is huge and the photos in the Airbnb listing are spot on

Cons:
* Roaches: I had a number of dead roaches turn up in the bathroom area overnight on multiple nights. The host was very apologetic and it's certainly not her fault, but it was not something I was comfortable with in any event (and she was very understanding)... My understanding is that the apartment has been re-treated and that shouldn't be an issue any longer, but that was the reason for my lower scores on the review
* Walk-Up: The apartment is on the 3rd floor of a walk-up building, and it seems more like 5 sets of stairs to get up there. Not a huge deal, but be prepared (in particular if you are bringing a stroller or something like that)
* Sterile: The house is clearly a vacation rental apartment and not someone's actual home, so you don't get the sense that someone actually lives there... it felt a little more sterile than what I tend to like in my Airbnb's, but to each his/her own