1 Bedroom Apartment near Grafton's Waterfront

Positive: Comfortable, spacious.

Basic but clean and very pet friendly - I would recommend for a short stay. Positive: This property is basic and dated with a small garden, if you like fancy then this place isn't probably for you. However, this works for me as having two large dogs can be a little nerve-racking when staying in a high-end property. The property has everything you need for a short stay, including air conditioning, Netflix, and other digital apps on the TV. The owner sent an SMS straight after I booked the property on Booking.com with the PIN code for the door and the WI-FI password which was good. I slept well, the bed was comfortable and clean, and the suburb was quiet. It was easy to manage the dogs as they had access to a secure garden, you can park the car right next to the property making it easy to get all the dog stuff in the property. It is only a six-minute drive to the local Coles and takeaways which is very handy. There is also plenty of parks near by to the enable the dogs to have a good run. Negative: The property is dated but the furniture and other items are relatively new but basic. There was no washing liquid or kitchen cleaner, making it difficult to wash the dishes and clean the kitchen sides. The extractor fan in the bathroom was making an awful noise, at first I thought it was dogs barking, even my dogs were a little concerned. However, this stopped once I turned it on. The door lock has a scrambled lock system, which confused me, it took me several attempts to work it out. Maybe an explanation of this via SMS will help.

Positive: Contactless check in good. Convenient to stop and sleep for 6 hours on our way through Negative: Not good value for money. I've stayed in places 3 times as nice for a third of the price. It's fine to have a dated property, wasn't expecting a nice hotel room or anything, but then why did it cost so much? Also be wary of Google maps telling you it's on the other side of the intersection, we figured it out in the dark (not the owner's fault - just something to beware).

Expensive for quality of accommodation. Positive: Dog friendly, and enclosed yard. Negative: Needs a fair amount of TLC.

Worked for us as it was pet friendly and we used it for only one night. Wouldn’t recommend for the price you pay. Positive: Communication with the host was great. Negative: Bedding was dirty. No coffee, milk or towels with no mention of this in the listing information otherwise we would have planned to have brought our own. Garden was extremely overgrown and there was a wasp nest underneath the post box which was right near the entrance to the property. Not worth the price we paid.