The location is brilliant, bus outside the door. The courtyard makes the apartment, it's so lovely to sit outside to eat. A bit noisy from time to time, but that's to be expected with city living and didn't worry us, we left the door to the courtyard open when we were there to let in the breeze hence a bit of noise, we loved the place, loved the convenience of walking out the door and catching a bus to Millers Point in one direction and Central in the other. You don't need a car. Coffee shop and convenience store down the road, a couple of beautiful parks nearby. Rushcutters Bay park is a must for overseas visitors, great little coffee shop in the middle and a lovely walk to the end, you can spend hours down there. A slight uphill walk to Kings Cross where there are any amount of restaurants to choose from, and downhill on the way home. We can highly recommend this apartment. and would certainly use it again when we come to the city.