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#688
Close to transport, services and city centre
Apartment • Newmarket QLD Australia
Exchange types accepted
Statistics
Listed October 2018
Views 5952
General Overview
Large apartment close to city and transport
The Space
This is the lower level of our house and includes three bedrooms (two queen sized beds,one king single), kitchen,living area and bathroom. There is laundry access from the apartment. There is also a very pleasant outdoor area with a garden outlook.
Guest Access
There is no dedicated undercover garage space, but plenty of on street parking .
The living area is accessed by a walkway beside the house. in the event of wet weather, you are welcome to enter via the main house. This involves a staircase.
Features
Washer
Clothes dryer
Oven
Microwave
Coffee machine
Fridge
Iron
Heating
TV
WiFi
Smoke alarms
Bed sheets
Towels
BBQ
Deck / patio / courtyard / terrace
Bikes
Camping gear
House Rules
Unsuitable for infants under 2
Suitable for children ages 2-12
Pets not allowed
No smoking
Dates of Availability
Click on availability periods to see exchange types and descriptions.
Neighbourhood
The area is mostly residential but is very close to the centre of town. There are children's playgrounds,sporting fields,cycle and walking tracks and a public swimming pool all in the near area.
Getting Around
There is a large shopping centre with supermarket,pharmacy,medical centre,banking facilities, specialty stores and restaurants just a very short walk (about 5 minutes) from the house. Train and bus stations are also only a short walk away.
Map of Approximate Location
People Like Us Local Guide
Happy to meet up for coffee etc or even show visitors a few of the must do sights if time permits.
Feedback
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Our third stay with Dave and Sheree. Again, their generosity, kindness and hospitality shines through. It was comforting to be in familiar surroundings, and delightful to have such a lovely place to stay, treats included. Feeding the birds was fun too. -
We highly recommend exchanging with Dave & Sheree! Dave & Sheree, thank you for opening your beautiful home to us. We really enjoyed our stay. The location was excellent; being so close to the RiverCat and train line made getting around the sights of Brisbane a breeze. Our kids especially loved the stunning garden oasis. Feeding the local birds was a highlight for them. We enjoyed the generous date loaf and other welcome goodies too! The beds were incredibly comfy and Dave & Sheree’s downstairs apartment had everything we could need. More than anything, it was Dave & Sheree’s warm hospitality, local tips and generosity that made our short stay special. They are both so kind, interesting, welcoming, and wonderfully PLU, it felt like staying with old friends. We're very grateful and we hope we can meet again someday! Sal & Dave -
If there was an award for the kindest PLU hosts, Dave and Sheree would certainly deserve it! From the moment we arrived, helping with our bags, making us a cup of tea on their lovely balcony and showing us around the neighborhood to cooking dinner for us on our 1st night.... Then throughout our stay sharing tips and ideas, coming to let our girls know when they were feeding the birds, having a picnic together at a beautiful spot near the city etc. They have been so lovely with our 6 and 8 year old, Sheree was great with being tested on their teddies names! They have honestly made our stay in Brisbane such a wonderful one! Not only that though, their apartment is a perfect space, especially the outdoor undercover patio that gets the beautiful morning sun. The girls loved exploring the little garden paths too. It's so conveniently close for the city (5 min walk to the train line and 15mkns into the city) but you wouldn't know it sat out in their lovely garden! It's a perfect combination of ease and tranquility. We've loved exploring Brisbane and the surrounds.... The cultural centre, museum, library, GOMA and QAG, a footy match, Bluey world, a morning walk up Mount Coot Tha and exploring the Glasshouse Mountains....we can all recommend! We are not usually huge city people, but Brisbane has certainly made us question that with its ease of getting around (50c train rides!) and lots to see yet not being hugely overcrowded and busy, with lovely green spaces both in and out of the city. Swapping with Dave and Sheree is the perfect tri-factor.... Wonderful hosts, wonderful home, wonderful location 😊.... You should definitely see for yourselves! -
Me and my friend were very spoiled to be staying in Dave and Sheree’s cute walkout apartment with wonderful views of the garden and all the birds. They are the most lovely and generous people. They helped us out and showed us around, hosted us on the wonderful deck for happy hour, dinner and bird feeding. When cyclone Albert changed our travel plans, they generously offered us to extend our stay. It’s the people that makes an experience memorable and this stay was one of those. Dave and Sheree were so welcoming it felt like we have been friends forever -
A beautiful and spacious apartment on the lower level of Dave and Sheree's house. Everything you ever thought you needed has been provided plus more! A comfy bed with nice linen with so much more; fresh flowers from the fabulous and beautiful garden, an extraordinarily generous selection of food and wine, transport cards, the list goes on. But on top of that is the absolute pleasure of meeting Dave and Sheree who were kind enough to invite us for dinner after a long drive. Delicious food offered and so easy to chat to. Such a fun night. Many, many thanks. You offered us the most perfect hospitality stay. -
Staying with Dave and Sheree was our first time using People Like Us, and what a wonderful experience it was. Dave and Sheree have a beautiful property in a lovely neighbourhood in Brisbane, which is conveniently located. The apartment was perfect for us as a family with three young children, with a well-equipped kitchen that Dave and Sheree had kindly provisioned with lots of food (including very tasty brownies!). The garden is a particular highlight and is full of nature, including lorikeets and cockatoos that our children were delighted to see up close and even feed by hand. Dave and Sheree were patient and kind, particularly with the kids, and went above and beyond what could reasonably be expected from a host, giving us great tips as to what to see, and even inviting us to a picnic by the river. I can honestly say that Dave and Sheree are the perfect hosts, and we look forward to seeing them in Sardegna -
Our second stay at Dave and Sheree's place was just as good as the first. Their flat is a well equipped place with every thing you might need, and a surprise of delightful home baked goodies thrown in, too. The garden is lovely, and we enjoyed the daily feeding of the lorikeets too, they love grapes and blueberries, cut in half, of course. Their kindness and generous spirit shines through with every thing they provided, and everything they did for us. We loved our second time here, and can strongly recommend a stay here if you get the opportunity. Many thanks once again to Dave and Sheree
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Our first PLU experience as visitors was absolutely perfect! We stayed in Dave and Sheree’s beautiful 3 bed apartment below their home in a great area of Brisbane. We were 5 mins walk from the local shops and train station and about 15 mins into the city. There was so much to do for our 8 and 6 year olds, lots of it free, and Dave and Sheree are lovely people who were so welcoming and helpful. They lent us a rucksack and Go transport cards, stocked the fridge and cooked us some amazing food. my daughters loved feeding rainbow lorikeets with them and searching for lizards in their stunning garden (in fact my eldest said that was the best thing about Brisbane!) We had (mainly) beautiful weather, patted kangaroos at Australia Zoo, climbed a beautiful glass house mountain, went to Redcliffe market and the Queensland museum (their spark lab is up there with London science Museum!) and swam at the famous Streets Beach on the South Bank. We went to an incredible, cheap public pool with water slides 10 mins walk from the apartment and enjoyed the river boats, wheel, and Brisbanes cool, colourful, modern architecture and murals. Oh and not to forget Eat Street- live music, a great atmosphere and more food trucks than you could ever need! People were so friendly wherever we went. If you get the chance to visit Brisbane, particularly with kids, please take it! And if Dave and Sherees place is free, you won’t do better than that. Thanks again guys and hope to see you in Sydney some time! -
Dave and Sheree agreed to a short notice Globe exchange at their place, for which we are very grateful. We were warmly welcomed on such a hot day, with cold drinks and cake, much appreciated after the long drive. Their place is very well equipped, every thing from large towels to food in the fridge and pantry, bus cards, even a teapot for our teabags. We felt immediately at home and comfortable. Dave and Sheree spoiled us with home baked goodies, too. We looked out over the garden, which was a visual delight, lovely and interesting plants to look at, a visual feast for the eyes. Local shops and cafes are within an easy walk. Their kindness and attention to detail, the many generous touches (TimTams! ), their helpful attitude, all went to make this a marvellous stay, definitely deserving a title of “superhosts”. Their generous spirit shines through with every thing they provided, and everything they did for us. We loved our time here, and can strongly recommend a stay here if you get the opportunity. Many thanks to Dave and Sheree.
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I was fortunate enough to have a hospitality stay at Dave and Sheree's. Their apartment is perfect. The only comment I had when Dave asked for feedback was to add instructions for the coffee machine. I couldn't figure it out. That being said they had instant coffee packets that magically turned into lattes, so I was not stressed about it at all. And frankly, just kept forgetting to ask how do use it. The kitchen was so well stocked, far beyond what I expected. There was literally nothing else I would do to make it a better apartment...and he's adding the coffee machine, instructions to the book, so problem solved! When you walk out of the apartment, you walk out to Sheree's gorgeous garden and tons and tons of wild birds flying around. Dave had me upstairs to feed the lorikeets out of my hand and other birds that flew by for a visit. Sheree was out of town, but I did get to spend a bit of time with Dave. He is a really great guy with awesome taste in music, and an awesome tour guide. They have a full and complete manual with different ideas of things to do in and around Brisbane. They even have a train card, all prepped and ready for you and all you have to do is refill it before you leave, saving you $10 setting up a brand new card. Dave was great about communicating before I arrived and I felt so welcome to the big beautiful basket of Australian goodies upon arrival. Another PLU success and I highly recommend coming here for a visit if you get the chance. -
During my amazing trip in Australia I started my line of exchanges with Dave and Shereex. I had two nights in their lovely and very spacey basement flat before we headed of two our camping adventure in Fraser Island (another previous review). After my two nights hospitality stay with Sandra Clarke in Chuwar, Dave kindly picked me up there and we went to their home for a coffee before Dave again very kindly was dropiing me off at my last exchange in nearby Kedron. While about to et ready to head out the door I get a message from my next host that she has just tested positive with COVID! Ooops, not so lucky so in my moment of panic, I ask Dave and Sheree if I could stay with them. And despite the moment of surprise and short notice (!) they said yes! Thanks to their kind and generous nature and personalities, the issue was solved within 30 seconds or so <3 I feel very lucky that they kindly openend their home (again) to me in this urgent situaion and not only did they let me stay the extra five nights before me flight back to Denmark, they also took super good care of me. Dave had business up the sunshine cost so he brough me and dropped me off at Mooloolaba for at day out beach bumming - a really lovely day with the value added bonus of finding a little brewery and seeing a carpet snake! The flat I stayed in is quite perfect weather you travel solo as me or come as a family as it has three bedroom and a pretty large bathroom with shower. The kitchen had everything I needed for the cooking I got around to while there, a big dining table, lounge area and big doors out to the shaded patio with access to Sherees nice garden. I sat there for reading, writing postcards and snacks - just brilliant. The apartment has its own entrance door, so one can stay completely private if so as the washer and dryer are also downstairs. I was however, lucky enough to enjoy both coffee, meals and five o'clock snacks with Dave and Sheree not to forget sweet little Greta, the dachshound. It was such a pleasure hanging out with them and it's a definite 5 star review from me, which goes for both my first stay with them including the camping trip as well as this "life saving" situation. If you get the opportunity, then I highly recommend to exchange with these guys, you will get the best service and exchange partners, so go for it! I certainly hope to return to Australia and meet them again - thank you so much for saving my butt and showing me an awesome time <3 -
This exchange has been long in the making as COVID got in the way for my trip back in 2020. But, all good comes to (s)he who waits 😉 The exchange with Dave and Sheree was a bit different as they had offered to take me camping to Fraser, which I happily agreed to! They are experienced campers and they took care of everything, so all was prepped and ready for my arrival in Brisbane. Dave kindly picked me up at the airport and they treated me to a lovely dinner Nd treats as well. Then off to Fraser we went, catching the barge at Rainbow Beach. Pictures and videos of Fraser Island doesn’t really do it justice! It was magic, magnificent and with stunning scenery of so many kinds. Dave had booked us into a beach campsite at Dundabara as it is fenced in to keep dingos out. He and Sheree really are pro campers and had everything set up in no time. I had a tent and they slept in their trailer camper and we were cooking on the camping kitchen in the back of the trailer. Also very reassuring to have an experienced driver behind the wheel as it takes some skills to drive in sand/dunes. We saw more than one car being bogged or towed… Based on our previous chats, they had made a great inteniary to ensure I got to see some of the best spots that Fraser Island has to offer, including Eli Creek, Wathumba, Champagne Pools, Lake McKenzie, the Maheno ship wreck, looooooong stretches of beach driving and a night at central Station camp site in the rain forest part of the island and plenty of native wild life. I loved every minute of the trip to Fraser with Dave and Sheree and are ever so grateful that they took me there, planning everything from A-Z as they dropped me off at Kingfisher Bay for my crossing to Riverheads for my next exchange. It was so nice and good fun to sit around the camp at night, enjoying a cold beer or wine, roasting marshmallows, chatting and joking around - lots of good laughs. One evening we went to the beach and enjoyed a drink, cheese and crackers and a dingo pup came to say hello!! I cannot thank you guys enough for treating me to this amazing experience, It was FANTASTIC! And then to do such a trip at such a good price as we shared expenses, I could never have done this by myself. My highest recommendations to exchange with these guys, they are wonderful! Can’t wait to see you both again for the PLU meet up in Brisbane soon 🇩🇰🇦🇺
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Beautiful and big house, good location and very good people. We warmly recommend them as hosts. -
Beautiful and big house, good location and very good people. We warmly recommend them as hosts.
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