Mark and his niece Michaela were extremely communicative and were quick to respond to every question we had. The house is spacious, with high ceilings and a large kitchen / dining area. The kitchen was well stocked with pots / pans / cooking utensils and we cooked most of our meals at home. The location is great, about 3 minutes walk to the train station and we happily lived there without a car for a full month.

Stanmore is directly on the flight path for airplanes landing in Sydney so there is a lot of air plane noise, this was never a problem for us but for someone noise sensitive it would likely be an issue.

Overall we had a wonderful stay and would highly recommend.