I thoroughly enjoyed my stay at apartment 1 at 128 Murray Street. Steve and Kirby's communications during the reservation process were excellent. Access to the apartment is via a coded lock, details of which were given to me prior to arrival so that Steve and Kirby didn't need to wait for me, and I didn't need to carry a key during my stay.
The apartment is clean, spacious and light-filled. The décor is lovely; the bed and sofas are comfortable; and the ultra-modern bathroom is superb. There were plenty of plush bath towels, and a thoughtful and generous selection of bathroom amenities and kitchen supplies. The only things I could have wished for were a couple of champagne glasses, and a doorbell, because the apartment is so large that I couldn't hear visitors knocking on the door if I was in the lounge room or bedroom.
The apartment is in a very central location, less than ten minutes' stroll to the Mall and to a well-stocked Woolworths grocery store. There is a very good farmers' market on Sunday mornings in Bathurst Street directly opposite the apartment. Federal Concert Hall, the Tasmania Museum and Art Gallery, Constitution Dock and Salamanca Place are an easy fifteen minutes' walk away. Murray Street is a busy one-way traffic thoroughfare, and there is some pedestrian noise late at night, but the apartment's windows facing the street are double-glazed, which blocks out all but the loudest noise - and as the apartment is centrally located in the middle of a city, some street noise is to be expected.
My stay at 128 Murray Street was my first experience with Airbnb - and it was an excellent experience. The reservation process was simple; access to the apartment was easy, and its central location was very convenient; the apartment was lovely; and Steve and Kirby were extremely considerate hosts. A huge thank-you to them for making my stay in Hobart so enjoyable and comfortable.