Thanks Gary and his family&friends for hospitality! Upon our arrival we had been met by his friend Claudia who helped us very much to get into the appartment and gave a lot of valuable pieces of advice. What was really important for me that Gary and his wife are very-very friendly people, caring about others and really comprehensive! thank for your flexibility - it was really essential for us:) The appartment is cosy and very well situated. It has inside everything you need for cooking, living, sleeping and having regular life for a long period. It is good for family with 1-2 children as well as for 2 more guests coming for a holiday! :) 1minutes from the apartment is Ausgarten park which we suppose is absolutely nice at the warm time of the year. Though even in the winter it is good for walking, specially big children's playground. Also supermarkets, drug stores, couple of good restorants and 24-hours bakery are all within 2-5 minutes walk- that was very comfortable! Our favorite restorant in the area - Italian pizzeria Palermo-enjoyed their pasta, pizza and wine and special service for several times. Did not find them on tripadviser but they deserve to be there as good alternative to a lot of touristic places.
The whole 20th district itself is very multicultural and not as beautiful as Vienna center, though the area around the appartment is very quite and I would say closer to 2d district not 20th. That was very good for us :) Usually we walked along the Water channel to the center-it takes about 30 minutes to get to Rathause and maybe 40 minutes to some other attractions like Stephansdom. Though you could always use underground and in a couple of stops you will be there. But we really enjoyed our walks since Vienna is so-so amazing!!! It was really pleasure to wals and look at all the gorgeous building not only best touristic spots. Specially as before the Christmas Vienna is really absolutely wonderfully illuminated-I fell in love with all that beauty!!!
So I really recommend Gary's appartment specially for a long living.