My husband and I stayed at Medley Hall, Drummond St Carlton in early December 2013. We had a self contained double room on level 2 with access to a laundry. The ceilings were so high our bedroom was upstairs on a mezzaine floor with skylights. It felt like visiting grandma and being in the loft! The room was super-clean, quite and air con - it looked like it had just been refurbished. Wifi cost just $20 for the week.Lots of power points for recharging things. Security was excellent. The cost of the room was good value. The front desk staff were always helpful.
The front of the building is old - curved stair rails, high ceilings, stained glass - but beautifully restored. We were one block from Lygon Street and one block from Carlton Gardens (Royal Exhibition Building and Melbourne Museum) the other way. The free City Circle tram was 5 minutes walk and trams and buses every which way. We hit gold!