In summary, excellent location for short stays, not recommended for long ones *for two people*. Very close to South Yarra station and chapel Street, giving you quick access to the city or bars and restaurants. The apartment is comfortable and has safe, easy access. Apart from small details, the place was clean and tidy. On the other hand very little natural light comes through during the time of the year we were there. The shades are translucent too, so all the lights from the street and apartments in front comes through the windows at night. This complicated our sleep. There was a fair bit of noise coming through as well.
We booked this place to have somewhere to land as we moved to Melbourne and began our search for an apartment to rent. Our first impressions were good, as the apartment seemed clean and with good amenities.
The manager of the apartment was always kind and quick to respond, and even assisted us while we looked for our next place.
My wife and I stayed here for over 40 nights but quickly figured out the place was small for the amount of time we were going to stay there. We would consider this a long stay, but at first entry to the gym in the building was refused on the grounds that this was only allowed for guests staying... on long stays. The manager later granted us access as an exemption, which we thought was strange. Additionally, we were charged for a second entry card. No deposit to be returned, straight up 30aud. This is, again, for two persons staying over 40 nights... while one was working full time...
We had some issues sleeping due to noises from other apartments like air conditioners and people walking and also because of the amount of indirect light coming in at night. We never used the balcony as it was covered in city dust and we had no desire to clean it. We also found that the driers lint filter had not been cleaned for a while.