We were in town for a conference at the convention center and it is very difficult to beat this location. The apartment is as described, with a view of the Flinders Street station and the square in front of it. The space is more than sufficient for two people to reside in. The kitchen is small but functional, and unlike in some other places we visited before, contains the basic necessities like cooking oil, sugar and spices, making it striaghtforward to cook.
The location is walking distance to everything in CBD (or a short tram ride if walking is not your thing). Degraves St. with its restaurants is literally around the corner, and getting to other alleys and arcades is very easy - you are right
there. There are two grocery stores (Metro and Coles) on the same block, and countless restaurants and fast food joints.
Overall, a great place to stay in Melbourne. If you are coming from the airport, the place is about 20 min walk from the Southern Cross station, or five min walk and a tram ride along Flinders street. We left around 4am and were able to catch the tram: Melbourne's public transportation is just awesome.
Did not get to meet with Alice, but we communicated well throughout our stay and she helped us quite a bit.