I wanted to love Katherine's place. She was an excellent communicator with us, provided accurate and up to date information (regarding instructions on how to access flat, her kitchen reno etc...) and when we arrived there were many thoughtful details that she provided (offered us wine and other items in the fridge, lollipops on table, magazines to read and a thorough manual). The unit was decorated nicely and she had lovely plants with fairy lights around them. The location is great for accessing Bondi Beach and many of the fantastic shops / restaurants nearby. So there are many positives. There were a few issues though. Firstly the unit smelt of smoke and damp. When we walked in I found the smell overpowering and immediately went to open every window. Because it was winter, this then made the place very cold. I went to find a heater and I found there was only one heater in the place which we made the decision to use in the bedroom to heat it up so our son could sleep there in comfort. Problem was the heater was an upright one that emitted a bright orange glow that lit up the room, so he wouldn't sleep. We had gone out for dinner and came back when it was dark and found the living room light wasn't working, so while I was trying to get our son to sleep, my husband was sitting in the living room, in the dark and cold with tv on. There were fairy lights that Katherine had wrapped nicely around a pot plant and a palm tree, but I went to turn them on (at the pot plant switch) and found the batteries had run out so they didn't work either. In the morning my husband found another switch that made the fairy lights on the palm tree turn on and that was pretty, but we found them too late. As it was evening we shut the windows and to overcome the smell I started burning a candle I had bought while in the blue mountains, which was supposed to be a present for a friend....so that annoyed me. Perhaps it was just me being pregnant and overwhelmed by a powerful sense of smell, but I felt nauseas from the smell, and asthmatic. My son (who wouldn't sleep due to the light from the heater) got a cold and sniffles as we ended up turning the heater off. We had booked for 2 nights but by morning we left as I couldn't breathe properly, there wasn't adequate lighting at night, we had spent a large amount of the night awake and cold and our son was sick. My husband was trying to rectify the situation and warmed up the living room in the morning by using the oven as a heater. The place is charming and quirky but I do think things like heating in winter, lighting and a clean smell are important. Katherine was extremely gracious about it.