My husband and I did a long stay at Mark's South Yarra place. It was the perfect location for our venturing in to and out of the city. There are so many transport options. We liked using Hawksburn Station. We also enjoyed walking in every direction; from the Prahran Market, and abacus, to the St. Kilda Festival, to shops on Malvern Rd in Hawksburn- check out Shelly Panton's store, to Tivoli bakery and restaurants on Toorak. We also walked around The Tan at the Botanical Garden. Trams took us to the Victoria Market and Melbourne Uni. With an easy short cut walk back from S. Yarra on the way home. Just a perfect, perfect location.
The apartment is such a welcomed site at the end of the day. I love how modern it is. And new. Nice rooftop deck for the last rays of sun at night. We didn't really cook, but it seems to have all that you would need. The bed is super comfortable. Plenty of space for the two of us.
The residents seem to be mostly singles, so very quiet at night. There was some construction noise weekday mornings on the new building next door, but we were usually getting up and out anyway. Totally quiet on the weekends. I would highly recommend staying here.