Canvas apartment was a great base to explore Melbourne from!
It sits at the edge of the free tram grid, and has 2 free tram stops right outside the apartment. There’re also others around within a 4-5 min walk. If you’ve to take the train, you can take the free tram to Flinders Gate station.
If you’re coming from the Melbourne airport, the airport city bus stops at southern cross station, which is roughly a 7 min walk to the canvas apartments. Really convenient :)
Apartment wise, it wasn’t extremely clean, but we brought indoor slippers and thought it was fine. What was great was that the apartment had a washer and a dryer, a dishwasher and a full set of cookware. We didn’t cook since we were a quick tram ride away from lots of great food options but that’s an option for anyone looking to cook during their stay.
Reception was very helpful and were available during working hours if you needed help with anything extra.
As the other reviews have stated, it’s really noisy at night with the sound of the trains and police sirens etc but a pair of earplugs will get you sorted if you’re a light sleeper.
Do also note that the wifi connection in the building isn’t the best, and it’s an open network which my company phone/laptop did not let me connect to. It was okay for us as we were out exploring most of the day, and at night when I wanted to watch Netflix it loaded fine. But if you’re looking to WFH might need to check with the host to see if you’ll have network issues.
Overall, will stay here again for the convenience and value. Really enjoyed being able to walk everywhere, and having a furnished apartment.