This was my first visit to Vienna so I had a high expectation as I've the Vienna Tour Guide book sitting on my shelve for nearly 5 years now. So the first thing to get right was the accommodation. Martha's place was at the centre of town without being horribly located in the tourist area with crowds and traffic. It's a mere three train stops (6mins!) on the u-bhan from the main station in the centre of town where you arrive at from the airport.
The apartment itself is located in a nice residential area which manages to have many restaurants starting with a great burger joint on the same plus bars and restaurants in other adjoining streets. Big supermarkets are extremely close by too. Also very nearby is Naschmarkt a local market full of places to eat. Do be careful as all the sellers at Naschmarkt really hustle you to buy their assortment of caramelised/seasoned nuts and I ended up with a bag of nuts for €20. It was nuts.
Inside the apartment, even an Austrian friend who came to visit concurred it was rather nice and calming. The living room and dining area are very spacious with big windows that allow for great natural light. There are two bedrooms each with it's own bathroom and aside of these two is the one shared toilet. Very common Austrian design. They never have the toilet and bathroom in the same room. Strange to me.
The bedrooms are spacious and feel very homely with the beds quite huge I didn’t feel inconvenienced for space with my 191cm tall frame. And the beds are sturdy. The bedroom lights can be switched off with the light in the bathroom left on to give that cosy semi dark feeling or alternatively you can use the single headboard light by the bed. There's a sofa chair in each room and plenty of storage to tuck away your luggage and clothes. The bedroom at the front has a lot of natural light. The one at the back is the one I chose which I preferred for being slightly darker but the blinds on the windows also block out the daylight well to ensure a great night's sleep in both rooms.
Martha herself was very attentive and helped with letting me know who to get from the airport to the apartment easily. Any questions of issues I had were dealt with promptly she and her daughter couldn’t have been any nicer. You might need more towels just ask and Martha will drop off a few more for you. It felt like a home way from home with a relative that you actually liked who is kind and attentive which is a lot more than I can say for mine.