Had a lovely stay at Tom and Brea’s apartment. Was very clean, lots of extra things like shampoo, hairdryer, tea/coffee, a cot for my baby etc. It was all much appreciated.
Communication was fantastic- Brea was really helpful and responded immediately to any questions I had.
Fantastic location - tram just outside the door, IGA underneath the building, cafes along the street, right beside Fitzroy gardens which was beautiful for a walk and a play in the playground.
Few things that I found tricky, especially travelling on my own with two small children. The doors to the bedrooms are sliding doors so that when you slide the door open to go into the bedroom, the door slides in front of the kitchen counter,sink, microwave. So I found myself constantly sliding the doors over and back because I was in and out of the bedrooms with napping children while also using the fridge and microwave to heat bottles in the middle of the night.
I slept on the sofa bed in the living area as my kids slept in the bedrooms. I’m sure most people wouldn’t use the sofa bed anyway but it was quite uncomfortable- I could feel every spring. The beds were extremely comfortable with the softest, cleanest sheets so the children had great sleeps!
Checking in and out - again, a bit tricky because I was on my own with kids and had to leave them in the car to go and get the fob from the location described as it is not at the apartment location - it’s across the road from the car park and around the block from the entrance to the apartment block by foot.
Then checking out, I had to return the keys at the foyer but that’s around the block from where I was exiting the car park and I needed the fob to leave the carpark.
So I had to leave the carpark, drive around the block to the actual entrance, try and find a park, drag the kids out of the car and put the keys in the letterbox in the foyer. I feel there could be an easier way, maybe the lockbox could be at the carpark entrance?
I’m sure these would not be problems for most people, it was just having the kids with me made these things more difficult.
Overall, a really lovely apartment that I would recommend to a friend.