As advertised, this apartment is very clean, tastefully decorated and ideally located for a visit to Sydney. It also has a few nice mod cons including a dishwasher, capsule coffee machine and Netflix.
However these positives were unfortunately outweighed by the negatives for us. The worst of these was the noise. One could forgive traffic noise or a nearby pub (almost), but when the noise comes from the hosts themselves that is totally unacceptable. We were prepared to ignore the blaring football on TV (so loud that we could have watched it in our apartment with the sound off, and listened to the commentary blaring down from upstairs), given that it is finals and one should give and take. However being woken up by sustained loud voices and banging at midnight was really beyond the pale.
The apartment itself has an odd layout with the entrance directly in to one of the bedrooms. It is quite dark with inadequate lighting. There are also no net curtains or blinds, so you have a choice of exposing yourself completely to the street (it is on the ground floor) or shutting the curtains and sitting in gloom. The bathroom sports the world's smallest hand basin. I challenge the hosts to shave and brush their teeth in it - it was tiny and tucked under a large mirror making it even harder to use! There are also no towel rails or shelves for toiletries. These would be simple things to fix.
All this "pleasure" came for over $400 per night (counting cleaning and booking fees). I think if you are going to charge people this kind of money you need to consider your guests more. Feeling very sleep deprived and disappointed.