My wife and I stayed for 4 weeks whilst visiting relatives who live nearby so we got to know the apartment and the area pretty well. The apartment is brilliantly located - it's only a short (steep!) walk to the beach and there are several local eating places especially the Char. Also good local food shops including Iggy's bakery. It's very easy to get into the city - frequent buses stop almost on the doorstep and connect with trains into town. There are amazing views across neighbouring suburbs from this top floor apartment. Andrea provided flowers, fresh bread, milk and many other food items to get us started and her neighbour, Patty, was very friendly and helpful. The facilities were as described. We didn't do much meal preparation as we were spending time with relatives. Andrea did warn us when we booked that there is some building work currently going on nearby but this did not impact adversely on us. We didn't actually meet Andrea but she always responded promptly and helpfully to emails. We'd happily recommend the apartment and would stay again ourselves.