3-5 of us, adults and teenagers, stayed at Matt & Pui's apartment during Aug 15-18, 2015. Simply put, we were very happy with the stay. Matt & Pui were most gracious, contantly kept in touch with us via SMS before, during and after the stay, providing instruction and answering inquiries as we went, which made it quite reassuring and welcoming for us, especially for the short-term, out-of-town visitors like us.
The apartment met all my six C's - clean, comfortable, convenient, connected (wifi), car park and colorful.
The first thing that stood out was cleanliness of the place. It has a home-like comfort with all the needed amenities - good hot/cold running water, modern & airy bathroom, big kitchen w/ large fridge and stove range not to mention the beautiful red cabinet outfit, washing machine, plenty of clean white towels, spacious living room, plenty of cabinets - more than what you would ever need during the stay. It is conveniently located in a respectable part of town, St. Kilda, where tram no. 16 takes you directly to the Federation Square/Flinders St Station and all the way to University of Melbourne. The apartment is equipped with a strong-signal wifi router which proves highly indispensible when you need to be connected while away from home, although there were occasional signal disconnects but it eventually resumed. The unit has a proper secured car park spot that saves you a lot of precious time and hassle of running around searching the neighborhood for a hard-to-come-by parking space. This was a big plus for us because we had a full-size rented car that needed a proper parking space upon demand. However, we caution that driving to the carpak, located on Neptune St. was a bit tricky due to its one-way traffic. You need to enter via the nearby Robe St. which took us a while to figure out. Lastly, Matt & Pui's apartment was tastefully decorated, with just enough color decoration to brighten up the living space. Color theme for the living room and the kitchen speaks well for this, just enough to zest things up, yet not overbearing.
Lastly, Matt & Pui exhibited generosity, flexibility and understanding during our stay. When we accidentally broke one of their coffee mugs, we immediately informed Matt, and he simply discarded the matter and waved us off which we deeply appreciated. On the morning of the departure, our flight was at 3pm, Matt & Pui kindly allowed us an extra hour late check-out at 11am which really meant a whole lot because we had more time to prepare last-minute chores, while not having to rush out of the apartment prematurely.
Given all the good reasons stated above, we would not think twice of returning to Matt & Pui's outstanding apartment. In short, we highly recommend any family up to six people to stay here, explore and enjoy the well-established neighborhood of St. Kilda of the Melbourne cosmopolitan.