Meet Valerie
Creative, Sociable, Responsible
I bend over backwards to make sure our guests have an enjoyable and relaxing holidays with us.
On a typical day...
I’m mostly at home/work from home.
When I host guests...
I’m helpful and hands on. I can show them where to go and help them get there.
Family Hobbies
Gardening, Hill walking, Reading, Interior design, Flower arranging
Hosting guests since
2000
About the Homestay
- Welcomes
- Males
- Females
- Couples
- Families
- Students
This is a beautiful and charming place with the essentials. A house surrounded with a beautiful garden and peaceful quiet environments where one can enjoy the beauty of nature and fresh air early mornings. One is often greeted with bright morning sunshine while enjoying breakfasts where occasionally mountain birds come as visitors to show their welcome. Breathing in fresh air, walking through the garden in peaceful tranquil nature brings benefits to one's good health and well-being.
House Facilities
- Garden
- Laundry
- TV
- Internet Access
- Smoke alarm
Bedrooms available for booking
About the Area
A great handy location to all amenities such as supermarkets, cafes, restaurants, cinema, state-of-the-art library, cultural centre, art galleries, antique collections, churches, banks, post offices, public toilets, medical centres, hospital, as well as places of interest such as Echo Point, Scenic rails, cable cars, famous Hydro Majestic Hotel, Wentworth Falls Lake, plenty of waterfalls and bushwalking tracks and so on.
We are 10 minutes' walk from the Katoomba train station and shopping village where the public buses and explorer buses start their journeys, 20 minutes' walk to Leura Mall, 40 minutes' walk to The Three Sisters of Echo Point. Scenic Railway and Scenic World are nearby. In fact we are very near to all amenities, including the library and cultural centre.
Local Area Facilities
- Park
- Gym
- Golf
- Cinema
- Library
- Shopping Centre
- Restaurant
- Bus Stop
- Train station
- Hospital
Meals
Hosts can offer a complimentary light breakfast at their discretion. All other meals, including a full breakfast, might incur an additional cost, if offered. Meals and any additional payment should be arranged directly with your host.
Included in the stay
- Complimentary Light Breakfast
- Use of Kitchen
House Rules
• Keep noise down after 10:00pm.
• Internet turns off between 11:00pm and 7:00am and no movie streaming.
• Kitchen facilities available for light cooking.
• Switch off any device and facility while not in use.
• Strictly no smoking.
• Strictly no visitors.
• Strictly no children.
• Strictly no pets.
• Strictly no parties, no events.
• Not suitable for oversized people.
• Not suitable for people with special need.
• Payment needs to be made to confirm the booking in advance.
Smoking Rules
Your host is a non-smoker.
Smoking is not allowed.
How do I book?
Contact the host to check their availability and ask them any questions you have about staying with them. Once the host confirms they’re available for your dates, you can complete your booking.
When do I pay?
Once a host confirms they're available, you can go ahead and pay the 15% booking fee (maximum of 250 $£€ for longer term bookings) using a choice of payment methods: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Maestro, Laser, JCB & PayPal (not available in certain countries). You then pay your host on arrival or as stated by your host on their profile and agreed by you on booking. Please be cautious if a host requests advance payment if its not included on their profile. Our hosts have been advised that if they wish to request advance payment they must make this explicit in their profile. We do not recommend the use of Money gram or Western Union.
When can I share my contact details?
Host and Guest email address, phone number and home address will be exchanged in a confirmation email sent to both immediately after a booking is completed. It's against our policy for Guests and Hosts to exchange direct contact details via our messaging system.