Sylvia's beautiful, spacious character-filled house in South Yarra is an ideal Melbourne base. We were a family group of 5 adults and we spent more time than we expected relaxing in the house because it was so wonderful. It is an extremely comfortable, spacious Victorian Italianate mansion in a great location- close to the city, trams, wonderful coffee and food options, and the MCG (we walked home from the Boxing Day Test Cricket). There were always Uber rides only minutes away. It was ideal having an ensuite for each bedroom (and an extra toilet) and the beds were very comfortable. The renovated bathrooms, kitchen and laundry are slick and gorgeous. The kitchen is very well-equipped with Miele appliances and set in a large, bright, modern conservatory with an amazing glass roof. This area has an air-conditioning unit which was great in the hot weather we experienced. The sitting rooms and dining rooms are furnished in traditional style, the whole house has amazingly high ceilings and there are lovely lamps and mirrors, wonderful books and magazines on offer, a big TV and even fresh flowers in vases! Sylvia is a very practical, generous host who is great with communication. She very kindly left us some delicious food and beverage items which were greatly appreciated. It's hard to imagine a better experience- and it's really good value for a group. Thank you Sylvia- we hope to return!