A VERY honest review!!
The positives.
Tammy the host was amazing, toaster stopped working and needed a few extra things for the kitchen and they were delivered that day. The place is light filled and very clean with everything you would want. The location is close to cafes and shops. Cant fault Tammy for her customer service or the design of the apartment.
The NEGATIVES.
I understand there would have been street noise due to the location of the apartment e.g. down a lane way in the city of Melbourne. What was never mentioned in the description was that there is a pub located only two doors down the street that plays music until 3am-5am DAILY!!. On the Wednesday and Friday nights the music could be heard until 3am and due to being only on the second floor the noise was unbearable and we were unable to sleep. We had to drag the mattress into the lounge room on the Saturday night to try and get some sleep. On all nights ear plugs HAD to be worn to try and relieve the noise but had no effect. On the Saturday night the music played until 5am.
We were in Melbourne for work which is why we chose this apartment as it was close to Woolworths and very central to where we needed to be. We stayed at this property for a total of 5 nights and due to the excessive noise from the pub which was located 2 doors away we were unable to sleep for 3 of those nights.
Warning to any traveller who wants a good night sleep THIS IS NOT THE PLACE FOR YOU!!! Would have been nice if this was mentioned in the description when booking as we would have chosen a different location.
Coffee had been split on the bedding, sheets and doona due to the mattress being in the middle of the lunge room. Of course we would have washed these sheets however, the washing machine was broken/ unable to be opened the whole time. The door was jammed and had towels from a previous guest left inside.
We left the house in immaculate condition before we left as we are respectful guests.