I am a person who stayed for 5 days 2 weeks ago.
This property has its pros and cons.
As for the advantages...
1. The location is great. It's right across the street from Southern Cross Train Station and has different tram lines on either side of the building, making it easy to get to either the river side and the city.
2. It is quieter than expected. - It is a bit noisy because the street is right next to the balcony of the hostel, but if you close the window, the noise is completely blocked.
There are quite a few downsides.
1. The dormitory is old and very dirty unlike the photos. - Not to mention the carpet, there was a medium-sized carpet on the front of the sofa, but when I lifted it up just in case, it was overlaid with something that was beyond my imagination. Padded carpets are also dirty.
2. The bedroom and bathroom are connected, and you have to enter through a sliding door to go to the bathroom from the living room. - In this case, the bedroom itself is not a private space, so it would be appropriate to call it a studio rather than a one-room studio. Note please.
3. Sliding door failure - The large and heavy glass sliding door that separates the bathroom and the living room as mentioned earlier is broken, so I had to lift the heavy door to open and close it. This is a big H&S issue please fix it immediately.
4. When I first entered the room, the towels and bed sheets used by previous guests were being dried in the dryer, and the humid and hot air from the dryer enveloped the whole house and greeted us. - Since I stayed for 5 days, I had to organize those bed sheets and towels.
5. Washing machine and dryer clean - I didn't use the dryer because it was turned on as soon as I entered the room, and the washing machine's detergent inlet was too dirty. The dryer dust bin was full and sent an error message, so I ended up doing 5 days of laundry when I got home.
6. Finding a parking space is a maze. - The building in question is an apartment building with more than 50 floors, and it is really a large building with many households occupied at once. It is incredibly difficult to find a designated parking spots. the office sent me a video of finding a parking space, but the picture quality was too bad and the video was running so fast. I couldn't find it after seeing the video. Even that didn't help, so I wandered around for another 30 minutes and finally found it and parked it.
As this accommodation is run by a property group(company), I did not expect much, but compared to other AirBnB accommodations operated by other individuals, I was very disappointed because the management condition was poor.
In the future, we plan to avoid accommodations operated by property groups.
Service is basic, but don't forget that safety and cleanliness must come first...