Akbar is a great host. Very friendly, good communication and extremely helpful. The apartment has a great open view to the north unobstructed by other buildings. Almost like what we got from Melbourne Star and very sunny. NYE fireworks were great from the balcony. Very handy location - minutes walk to shops, cafes, Southern Cross station, trams, airport buses and Melbourne City bike station. Pool and sauna were good too. Didn't use the gym but looked good (and they have 2 pools and gyms, 1 sauna).