The short review (more detailed review below): The location in Sydney was wonderful, but this rental seemed like someone’s cheap neglected apartment that they were hoping to get extra money on by renting out. It’s clearly not cared for and having stayed in many AirbnB’s before, I would not say this was up to AirbnB’s standards by any means. We wouldn’t stay here again.
The long review: This apartment location in Sydney was wonderful and easily accessible to many other parts of the city via walking, ferry or bus ride. However, it is right next to a highway so it’s very loud when the windows are open. This was unfortunate at night when the windows were open and we were trying to sleep (which was required as it was summer and warm in the apartment with no A/C or fan). We had no trouble communicating with Selen prior to the trip or arranging for the keys beforehand.
While the price per night is great comparing to hotels or other places to stay in Sydney, the apartment was not very clean or comfortable at all for the 5 nights we stayed. The couch was uncomfortable and clearly very worn as pieces of the couch material were constantly shedding onto us and were all over the apartment. The kitchen floor was dirty and a little bit sticky when we arrived indicating likely no one had cleaned it. Furthermore, one of the stove burners appeared broken and very dirty that we did not want to attempt to use it.
The bathroom ceiling was extremely dirty including the vent fan, and above the tub. Though we showered while we were there, the tub was filthy and definitely not something I would have guests use if they were staying at my house. The bed was a simple double bed that was not the most comfortable to sleep on for either of us, plus the noise from the highway didn’t help.
The one thing that set us over the edge was when we saw a giant cockroach crawl on the wall in the hallway. This was an unfortunate AirbnB experience for us, as we enjoy renting others homes for vacation via the AirbnB platform.