Notable good points:
- The apartment is generally of good quality constriction -- better than the average in Melbourne these days. I could hear minimal noise from neighbours, though some corridor noise penetrates when people walk past
- The kitchen was generously stocked with pantry items, though not always standard things you'd expect like coffee and black tea.
- The kitchen also generally had good quality appliances, cutlery, etc, though several have been well used, and some of the cookware was not especially well cleaned by previous guests.
- Good quality bed linen -- I really appreciate this!
- Kitchen good design given small space, but nowhere for drying dishes.
Some drawbacks:
- The apartment has floor to ceiling windows on two of the four walls in the bedroom. This makes for a very chilly room in winter. (Does not get significant sun during day, not well insulated at night.) I needed to have heater on for most of the night, and I'm usually someone who likes a cool room for sleep.
- I had an issue with the hot water being patchy/warm at best in the bathroom, and there was a rather slow response from the host when I raised this. Eventually, I was put in touch with someone else to address the issue, and although it did not get resolved while I stayed, it was clear that some effort was being made to address the issue. I was then offered some compensation for the lack of hot water, which was fair and reasonable.
- The bathroom linen was not super clean -- one towel had marks on it.
- The apartment has a serious lack of comfortable lounge furniture. The living room is set up more as a workspace than as a relaxation space. Indeed, I'd be very happy to rent a space like this as an office, but less happy to have it as a base for a holiday.
- The apartment is in a reasonably built up area, and so there was some noise from people in the streets on Saturday night. I used a white noise machine, and slept fine, but if I had not thought of that, it would have been disturbing.