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Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation)

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Property grounds
Outdoor dining
Bathroom
Bathroom
Dining

Reviews

8.8 out of 10
Excellent

Popular amenities

  • Pet-friendly
  • Kitchen
  • Parking available
  • Air conditioning
AU$94
avg per night

Explore the area

Map
Manoora, QLD
  • Cairns Esplanade
    ‪5 min drive‬
  • Cairns Central Shopping Centre
    ‪6 min drive‬
  • Cairns Marlin Marina
    ‪8 min drive‬
  • Cairns, QLD (CNS-Cairns Intl.)
    ‪12 min drive‬

Rooms & beds

3 bedrooms (sleeps 6)

Bedroom 1

1 Queen Bed

Bedroom 2

1 Double Bed

Bedroom 3

1 King Bed

Bathroom 1

Toilet · Shower only

Spaces

Porch or lanai
Kitchen
Garden
Dining Area

Room

  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 Queen Bed, 1 Double Bed and 1 King Bed
Price is AU$94 avg per night,

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About the area

Cairns

Manoora, a neighbourhood in Cairns, is home to this guesthouse. Reef Fleet Terminal and Cairns Marlin Marina are worth checking out if an activity is on the agenda, while those in the mood for shopping can visit Cairns Central Shopping Centre. Cairns Botanic Gardens and Muddy's Playground are also worth visiting.
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What's nearby

  • Cairns Esplanade - 5 min drive - 4.5 km
  • Cairns Central Shopping Centre - 6 min drive - 5.3 km
  • Cairns Convention Centre - 7 min drive - 6.2 km
  • Reef Fleet Terminal - 7 min drive - 6.3 km
  • Cairns Marlin Marina - 8 min drive - 6.7 km

Getting around

  • Cairns Station - 6 min drive
  • Cairns, QLD (CNS-Cairns Intl.) - 12 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪Brothers Leagues Club - ‬3 min drive
  • ‪Kangaroos Rugby League Football Club - ‬8 min walk
  • ‪Piri Piri Chicken - ‬2 min drive
  • ‪Raintrees Tavern - ‬16 min walk
  • ‪McDonald's - ‬3 min drive

About this property

Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation)

This Downstairs Home is Pet and Child friendly accommodation with spacious yard and outdoor area close to shops, schools and bus stop. Only 7 minutes drive to CBD and Cairns International airport. Table tennis table, fruit trees and plenty of space. Lots of parking available and have multiple entrances to the home. Wireless Internet available inclusive.



Property manager

Vera Vidafar
Premier Host

Languages

English

Amenities

Pet-friendly
Air conditioning
Parking available

House Rules

Check in after 4:00 PM
Check out before 11:00 AM
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Children

Children allowed: ages 0–17
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Events

No events allowed
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Pets

Pets allowed: dogs and cats (limit 3 total)
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Smoking

Smoking allowed: in designated areas

Important information

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
On-site parties or group events are strictly prohibited
Safety features at this property include a smoke detector

Frequently asked questions

Is Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation) pet-friendly?

Yes, this property allows cats and dogs (limit 3 total).

What time is check-in at Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation)?

Check-in begins at 4:00 PM.

What time is check-out at Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation)?

Checkout is at 11:00 AM.

Where is Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation) located?

Located in Manoora, this guesthouse is 0.8 mi (1.3 km) from Anderson Street Conservation Park and 3 mi (4.8 km) from Cairns Esplanade. Cazalys Cairns and DFO Cairns are also within 2 miles (3 km).

Lovely Downstairs Home (Family Accommodation) Reviews

Reviews

8.8

Excellent

Reviews are presented in chronological order, subject to a moderation process, and verified unless otherwise labelled.
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Rating 10 - Excellent. 42 out of 75 reviews
Rating 8 - Good. 24 out of 75 reviews
Rating 6 - Okay. 3 out of 75 reviews
Rating 4 - Poor. 2 out of 75 reviews
Rating 2 - Terrible. 4 out of 75 reviews

8.0/10

Cleanliness

9.8/10

Staff & service

9.0/10

Amenities

9.0/10

Property conditions & facilities

9.6/10

Eco-friendliness

9.6/10

Check-in

9.4/10

Communication

8.8/10

Location

9.0/10

Listing accuracy

Reviews

2/10 Terrible

Albert S.

Liked: Communication, location, listing accuracy
Disliked: Cleanliness
Poor
Bugs
Stayed 6 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Callum P.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Pet Friendly
I stayed for a week and Vera is a great host and the front and rear yards are available for your pets to play and make home. Close to town and the northern beaches via western arterial rd. Large living area with plenty of seating and everything else you need for a long stay.
Stayed 7 nights in Mar 2025

10/10 Excellent

Napsia O.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Lovely Home
A lovely downstairs home and a kind accommodating host
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2025

8/10 Good

Benedict W.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Pleasant stay
The property is as advertised. It is well equiped, bit feeling its age. The owner is pleasant. We had a pleasant stay.
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2025

10/10 Excellent

Joel G.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Was great for a family, close to all amenities and shops if required
Had everything that the family needed.
Stayed 7 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

prashanth p.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Affordable family accommodation
Professional host who has a clean space.
Stayed 3 nights in Jan 2025

10/10 Excellent

Lilantha K.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Pleasant stay
We had a great time at Vera's House! The host was fantastic and made us feel welcome. The house is conveniently located close to many local shops. Overall, it was a lovely experience!.
Stayed 7 nights in Dec 2024

8/10 Good

Mau N.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
The Value of Money
Great location. The property has everything you need for a holiday pack. Great communication from the host.
Stayed 4 nights in Dec 2024

10/10 Excellent

Jameel

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
Got everything U need basically home away from home
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

10/10 Excellent

Kelly S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Stayed 9 nights in Oct 2024

10/10 Excellent

lee h.

Liked: Check-in, communication
Nice stay
Easy and convenient
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2024

2/10 Terrible

Christopher L.

Disliked: Communication, location, listing accuracy
Worst stay ever
Arrived early evening, host appeared polite on greeting. Went to IGA across road for some food and got bad vibe of area. This was later confirmed by what could only have been a stolen car being thrashed with screeching tyres around the local area, often seen and heard speeding up and slowly cruising past our rental car parked in street. This continued from about 10.30 pm to 2.30 am. Heard host move around through floorboards above and asked to put our car behind fence for safety concerns. Host never replied. Watched out through window for rest of night as local youths regularly walked past. I was also concerned about lack of security in house, with security screen door not locking and no lock on fence gate, and only a flimsy round doorknob lock on entry door. After a sleepless night for both me and another family member, being on holiday for only 1 week first time in 6 years, we left this accommodation at 7.30 am so it would not ruin our entire stay in FNQ. Host never replied to my advice we were leaving after our first night, even though we had booked for 4 nights. Later enquiries about a partial refund for the unused 75% of our paid stay due to reasonable safety and noise concerns were only met with flat refusal and insults from the host and Stayz stating their policy was not to get involved in such negotiations. Later research revealed an article by QLD police stating Manoora was one of the 3 worst crime areas of Cairns. DO NOT STAY HERE.
Stayed 4 nights in Sep 2024

10/10 Excellent

Leylanie

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

8/10 Good

Rebecca L.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, listing accuracy
Everything we needed
We stayed for a week and Vera’s had all the amenities required to make our holiday pleasant. Check in was super easy, as was check out. Vera was kind enough to allow an earlier check in as well, which was great. Only really had two issues during our stay. Surrounding neighbours could get quite noisy at times and some kind of alarm went off every morning at 1am. Some mornings it would go off several times, others only once. Not sure where it was coming from, but it was quite annoying being woken at that hour every day. Otherwise it was a comfortable stay, everything we needed, easy access to the city and surrounds and affordable.
Stayed 7 nights in Aug 2024

10/10 Excellent

Susheel A.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Loved it
We really enjoyed our stay at Vera property. Vera is a wonderful host. Provided everything, even gave us some delicious fruit from his fruit trees. House was very spacious and had all the amenities. The best part was if we wanted anything Vera was just upstairs to provide us. Very very good house for family stay. Each room had AC and kitchen was also very clean. I would definitely come back if I come to Cairns again. Very centrally located and spacious house. Thanks Vera.
Stayed 6 nights in Jun 2024

8/10 Good

Glenyse S.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Rustic
The hosts were lovely sharing oranges and mandarins from their trees on the property, hot water was not in plentiful supply, a hot shower in the morning was difficult to achieve. I had imagined cooking meals but the stove proved very unreliable, the coil elements seemed unable to be controlled and remained extremely hot regardless of where the dial was, very little bench space and I know this is out of the owner’s control but the tiny weeny orange ants ran rampant on the benches, some insect spray would have been handy, we stored everything in the fridge to avoid the ants in our food. The strip of shops across the road proved very handy for take away offering kebabs, fish and chips and pizza. Also out of hosts control were the neighbours and their loud music. Basically paid for what we got, cheap and a bed to sleep in.
Stayed 5 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Sammy M.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Amazing stay
Absolutely beautiful and so peaceful. Private and calm. I would so stay again!!
Stayed 8 nights in Jun 2024

10/10 Excellent

Lawrence C.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Fantastic value and wonderful host
A great space with everything we needed to enjoy our trip. Host was very helpful and flexible.
Stayed 5 nights in May 2024

4/10 Poor

anita t.

Liked: Check-in, communication, listing accuracy
Disliked: Cleanliness
Pleasant stay
Lovely bbq area, close to everything, could have been cleaner. Everything you might need like at home. Some noise from locals during night but nothing bad.
Stayed 20 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Yu

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, amenities, property conditions & facilities
The property is spacious, we had two families stayed for four nights and there are plenty of room to accomdate everyone. Vera the host is extremly helpful and friendly. Everything we need is in the house, some maybe benefit from an update or a coat of paint, but for the price we paid we think its excellent vale for money. For people looking for a modern, fancy, spotless clean and new hotel, this place is not the ideal choice, but it will suit groups or familes looking for a economical, convinient place with cooking and laundry facilities. Things we like: - Price! - smart TV is wifi connected - aircon in every room - large undercover space in back yard - large beds, sofabed and table easyily accommadated our group of 8 people - IGA, BWS and some takeaway place right around corner I think the place will definetly look better with a new coat of paint and some new carpets, but overall we really enjoyed our stay. We did not see any cockroaches or bugs mentioned in other reviews.
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

2/10 Terrible

John M.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location
Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy
Dirty with cockrouchs
Mr grandson and his carer hes under ndis stayed for 4 nights reported tome the place was dirty and had a cockrouch infestations would not recommend
Stayed 4 nights in Apr 2024

10/10 Excellent

Elizabeth O.

Liked: Check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Basic but perfect for our needs
We weren’t looking for a villa or resort to lounge in so this very simple home was perfect for our needs. Clean sheets, aircon, a bathroom, washing machine and kitchen, with lots of room! The ping pong table was a great bonus and made evenings very fun!
Stayed 7 nights in Feb 2024

10/10 Excellent

Md Shamsul Huda S.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
All good Except some cockroaches
Need to do pest control
Stayed 4 nights in Jan 2024

10/10 Excellent

Mehetabel O.

Liked: Cleanliness, check-in, communication, location, listing accuracy
Comfortable Space
We enjoyed our time, it was very spacious and comfortable. Would stay again.
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2023

4/10 Poor

Verified traveller

Liked: Location
Disliked: Cleanliness, listing accuracy
Needs refurbishing
We are basic travellers with basic needs. The Lovely downstairs home basically covered the requirements. There needs some investment into the rooms. Bit of foot traffic noise from upstairs. However if you are looking for a crash pad with a fridge and stove at a standard rate this place will suit.
Stayed 7 nights in Oct 2023