This second floor apartment is in a superb location in central Perth. Its good sized balcony is its best aspect and this overlooks an interesting and peaceful riverine scene and some lovely trees. Nearby riverside cafes and a pub provide convenient social and eating options. Lovely parks are only a short walk away. The apartment itself is very clean and bright.
Access to the apartment is via the ground floor garage where there is a private (Swedish) lift which is both unique and rather cool. The owners are responsive and accurate in their communications. Easy and free street parking within sight of the apartment is provided by the owners via loan of a council parking permit.
On the other hand the apartment has some significant defects. The main one is safety.
The apartment has two sections:
the front large living room section which includes the balcony and second bathroom,
and the rear kitchen and bedroom section including ensuite bathroom for the master.
These seperate sections are connected by a short corridor. Unfortunately this "constantly in use" corridor has a large "hole" across its width - with steps down and up - where the base of the hole is the landing for the emergency exit. This hole is a definite danger to crawling babies and running toddlers, and a possible danger to the elderly. And it quickly becomes a tedious annoyance to others. Another possible danger to (small) crawling babies is squeezing into - even through? - the somewhat variable gap below the balcony railing.
A second significant defect is for food and cooking. The small bar fridge has very limited storage space and a useless internal freezer zone (we lost a litre of ice-cream on the first night). And the main kitchen bench is too small for preparing meals. The usefulness of the large (and surprising) second kitchen bench in the living room is undermined by the need for "communication" via traversing the hole in the corridor.
A third defect is that the "washer / dryer" is not in the apartment but on the first floor and is shared with the two other apartments on that floor.
However these defects likely only matter to a minority of potential tenants. For the rest I can recommend this spacious apartment for a pleasant stay in a lovely part of Perth.