The Good. The Bad. The Ugly.
The Good: new apartment in convenient location.
The Bad: apartment was very poorly cleaned upon our arrival. Kitchen was woefully ill-stocked. Owner believes a single rusted out pot, no oven mitts or anything to take hot dishes out of the oven, burnt food crusted roasting pan, etc are what one should expect from a luxury rental.
The Ugly: our rental contact’s first response when we raised these and other issues was “we’ll try to do better next time.” A few days later he literally walked in to the apartment unannounced unlocking the door himself. No knocking. No doorbell ringing.
While not the owner’s fault, I should add thay we were woken up three times on two different nights in the middle of the night was what turned out to be a false alarm. The entire building was evacuated each time.
Bottom Line: there are so many other properties to rent in Sydney. Avoid this one like the plague. Too bad. The apartment itself and location are nice. Just unbelievably poorly managed.