Carla's place is fantastic! Great location: 1 minute walk from Glenferrie Rd, which has lots of shops and grocers, a 5 minute walk to Auburn Rd, which has some cute shops and cafes, and is very close to Swinburne Uni. But the apartment is also very quiet, considering! The apartment is on the second floor, so you have to walk up two flights of stairs, but I found this fairly easy and liked that the stairwell was outdoors, rather than inside.
I particularly enjoyed the rainbow lorikeets in the tree outside the bedroom window :)