Jacob's place is stylish and very new and clean and is as advertised a minimalist Japanese inspired apartment. While it didn't feel like a warehouse conversion which i thought it would be for some reason (it's more a modern new apartment in a large complex) it's still quite a cool pad. It's super quiet at night and its a really cool area (for cafes/bars/restaurants and so on) just being off Smith Street + very easy to get the tram into town. (i love that part of Melbourne for that).
The only issue i had was the fact that there wasn't anything particularly welcoming about the apartment. No tea/coffee/milk/fresh bread for morning toast etc. at all and so feels a bit like you've walked into a display home. Jacob was very communicative though and assured me he'd fix this - so look out for it on your next visit! (Jacob was excellent at following up via email btw to see how we were doing and was super flexible about the start and finish times so overall it was great for a quick business trip and given the (awesome!) Arcadia cafe was just up the road we got by fine just getting up and heading out for coffee and breakfast.