The location was perfect. The apartment was exactly as advertised, the internet was great, and the host did an amazing job getting me into the flat- even working around a difficult schedule conflict that came up the morning I was checking in.

My only issue had nothing to do with the apartment itself. The upstairs neighbor was particularly noisy and stomped around the apartment above, often in the middle of the night. My host has been dealing with this for awhile and informed me that it had been a problem and steps are being taken to remedy the situation. I know that this is true because I had the chance to meet the neighbor, and he said that the building was working on evicting him. I'm not sure how long the process will take, but I know that action has been taken.

Considering the price and location, I was easily able to overlook the noisy neighbor. I also realize that this is something that was out of my host's control. I plan to return to Syndney next year, and I would definitely stay in this flat again.