Wonderful location. We stayed for almost 2 weeks and enjoyed the easy access to many tram lines right out front of the accommodation. We visited St Kilda Beach, the Shrine, South Yarra, Botanic Gardens and the CBD.
In the summertime, some air conditioning would be a huge improvement, as the afternoons could be stifling.
There were a few things missing that you’d usually expect to be provided: kitchen/sink/bath plugs (there were no plugs in the entire apartment that we could find), teaspoons, tea towels, salt and pepper. The wooden chopping board disintegrated as soon as I touched it. There was an old oven tray covered in fat and strips of what looked like bacon that we didn’t realise had been left in the oven until I turned it on to preheat it and a foul stench overtook the apartment. It was too disgusting for us to think of cleaning, so we bagged it up and sat it out on the balcony for the duration of our stay. I informed the hosts when I checked out so I’m sure that will be rectified for the next guests.
You get way you pay for…
The hot tap in the bath doesn’t work at all and is coming away from the wall. The area between carpet and tiles at the edge of the kitchen has exposed nails which we all scraped our feet on before we learned to step over it. It would be easy to rectify with a rubber strip, but this is not the place to stay if you’re seeking perfection! It’s perfect for those on a budget - like we were.
Bedrooms and bathrooms very clean.
We wouldn’t hesitate to stay here again, despite some of the problems.
Hosts were very communicative and check in procedure was easy.
Address you get when you’ve made the booking is slightly incorrect! It should end with the number ‘6’, not ‘4’. The address eventually provided in the message with check in instructions is the correct one. This was a bit of a concern to me as all our border documentations for Australia and Victoria plus various booking we’d made had the (slightly) wrong address but was all ok in the end.