Surry Hills and a wonderful Airbnb.

A couple of days ago I wrote about my friend Chris’s horrible experience with AirBnB in Los Angeles.

Well for my trip to Sydney for Mardi Gras, I was looking at hotels and they were all very expensive, somewhat unsurprisingly.  Booking relatively late as well meant that there were few AirBnBs listed, however I got lucky with Jeff’s listing.

It was a beautiful two bedroom place, in Surry Hills, a reasonably short twenty minute stumble from most of the bars in and around Oxford Street.

Surry Hills Airbnb first bedroom

Surry Hills Airbnb second bedroom

Both bedrooms were proper full size rooms with double beds and there was a decent bathroom as well.

Surry Hills Airbnb shower

Surry Hills Airbnb bathroom

The kitchen had all the mod-cons and there was a small open plan dining area next to it as well.  Being an end-of terrace house it was reasonably quiet and it even had a nice outdoor space at the back for eating breakfast.

Surry Hills Airbnb open plan kitchen

Surry Hills Airbnb bar area

Surry Hills Airbnb sofa

Surry Hills Airbnb dining table

Surry Hills Airbnb back garden

If I was being ultra-picky, then it lacked the ubiquitous barbecue in the back garden, and there was just a kettle for coffee making in the mornings, no Nespresso or even coffee filter.

Surry Hills Airbnb hallway

Surry Hills Airbnb looking towards the kitchen area

That said Jeff was very accommodating, offering an early check-in and being very relaxed about out check-out times as well.

So in my case, it definitely worked out and would certainly look into using the service in Sydney again.