A great location if you want a place totally central in sydney. It is literally a crossing away from central station that connects to other suburbs in sydney and the light rail into Chinatown, the CBD and circular quay.
A woolies supermarket just a few doors down ideal for topping up on your breakfast needs or if you feel like cooking as the property has a kitchen for you to cook in.
The place is also very secure with a security keypad for the front door and the door to your room. I stayed in the room with a private bathroom and was very cosy with the TV, air con and everything I needed in the room. The shared kitchen allowed me to have my breakfasts and takeaway dinners at night easily.
The downsides of my experience was the cleanliness before I checked in- it looked like the room was done or cleaned in a rush rather than fresh in preparation for my stay. The shower doors and shower still had soap scum from previous stay and toilet not completely cleaned. The kitchen was missing on spoons, cutlery etc and I had to ask the owner to top it up.
Whilst we needed to clean the kitchen after our own use, doesn’t look like the cleaners come in to refresh supplies or clean regularly. The fridge still has outdated food left from previous stay, empty used plates left in the fridge and the overall hygiene of the fridge questionable with many different people’s hands coming into contact with it everyday.
When I brought these drawbacks to the attention of the owner, he did rectify them by topping up on the cutlery and offered to clean my room again free of charge when I extended my stay.
The biggest thing that turned a somewhat positive experience into a sour one was when the owner threatened to release my 2 weeks in advance extended booking back onto the market when he changed and increased the price on me at the last minute when I was ready to pay.
When I questioned him about the change, he didn’t consider it professionally instead issue the threat that my dates are now on the open market and was up to me to pay his new numbers or someone else would book it. He also said for me to go to head office air bnb to get it resolved.
As customers, I don’t think we should be made to feel that the hosts or owners are only interested in making a buck at the expense of true hospitality- it is unprofessional and unethical.