We stayed a couple of days in Careys place and very much enjoyed it from the start to the end. The apartment is shared with other guests which is nice so you get to know other people quickly. The room was bigger than it looked on the pictures and so we were pleasantly surprised that it well fitted our family and bags (and we had quite a lot of luggage). We enjoyed very much talking to Carey who is very open, friendly and funny. While very well situated (train and tram just around the corner and not far from center) we especially found the area (balaclava) the most interesting even better than the center of Melbourne. To sum it up: Great, great, go for it!