Tom’s place is just as described, great location, clean and beautifully renovated old apartment with very nice kitchen and good beds. He was responsive to questions and was helpful.
Unfortunately, the road was filled with other houses that were under renovation so the neighborhood wasn’t as pretty as expected.
But outside of that, I would recommend staying here. 10 minutes walk to the Rocks and 15 minutes to the opera house. Even Darling Harbour was in walkable distance.