This is the place to stay if you want to experience Melbourne suburb while still being able to go the city if you want to within reasonable time.
South Yarra station is just a 7 mins walk. From the station you can get to the city in 15 mins.
This place is very near Chapel Street where you can enjoy a nice brunch and shop at the local fashion boutiques. We love this street more than the city area shopping center as we found the items more unique and interesting.
The house itself is comfy with aircon/heater. You can cook, do laundry. It really feels like a second home to us. Oh, have I mentioned it has plenty of interesting books on the shelves. I am tempted to just spend a day at the house doing nothing but reading books and enjoying a cup of coffee there.
If you want to walk a bit you can easily reach good eating place like Tom, Dick and Harry, Chappelis, etc.
The only drawback is the funny design of the toilet where water will flows toward the door unless you quickly do a bit of mopping after every shower.
the bed is also a bit on the mini side. If you are more than 180 cm tall, you may have to sleep in a diagonal position.