George Powlett Apartments

Apartment

Outstanding customer service. Receptionist was very comprehensive and helpful, always with a friendly attitude. Made us feel very welcome. Thank you!

Good clean simple apartment with comfy beds. The staff (Michelle) were very friendly and helpful. Would not hesitate to stay again.

Good service, gets all the basics right — kettle, towel change, soaps, cleanliness to name a few. Nice location for those not looking to stay in the CBD — beautiful gardens and houses around. Except for some issues with hot water it was a good experience.

Last year when staying Nice, just once, the Parking did not hear the underground, stop by the roadside, is a fine.

We stayed at these apartments over this weekend and we were very happy with the experience. The apartments are a well priced block and is by no means 5 star but then neither is the price. The apartment was clean and the location was great. The parking is a bit tight but we were told this before we arrived and we were able to cope with it ok anyway. The receptionist we dealt with (Michelle I think) was very helpful and pleasant. A lovely introduction to the place. I only give my review 4 stars because I never give 5 stars. We will not hesitate to stay there again when we are in town. Thank you for making our experience a lovely one.

Bed not made and dirty, hot girl at front desk was awesome.

Stayed 5 nights Mon-Fri in late November. PROS: — The price is very affordable! I guess you get what you pay for! — Super close to MCG & Public Transport. — Easy 15-20min walk to city — Located in pretty area of East Melbourne — Fairly quiet (may have been when we stayed) — Bed resonably comfortable — Towels were changed daily — Flat screen TV & air con CONS: — Building interior is dirty from the minute you walk in & it smells of old cigarette smoke — Appartment room reeked of cirgarette smoke, it was so unbearable! We had to buy aromatherapy disinfectant spray, spray whole room daily & leave windows open. Smell was awful! — General cleanliness of room & bathroom was very below standard — Crockery in cupboard dirty — Pillows flat — Hot water runs out quickly — Leaking tap in kitchen sink drips constantly — Odd lighting — Everything is very old & not restored — Staff are unfriendly.

Great service. Great location. Average room but you get what you pay for.

Location is very good. But the building is quiet old.

Stayed 5 nights. Stay if you're on a tight budget. If you can afford somewhere nicer, then I recommend you do so. The positives were free Wi-Fi (slow and numerous safe sites were blocked eg, IMDB, ABC news). Location. Staff were friendly enough. Unfortunately, we had to go to the shops and buy Jif, Glen20, carpet sanitiser and scrubbing brush, to clean the toilet, bathroom and spray carpet. House keeping only changes your towel and rubbish bin. They do not change your sheets, so request new ones. The block is for sale as of October 2015, so I doubt the Powlett apartments will be around for too much longer. But like I said, stay if your budget is tight, otherwise opt for somewhere else if you prefer a window/door handle that doesn't break off as you use it.

Dump stole my money for nothing.

The environment is very good. But the sheets and Comforter don't feel very clean. But I like it here.

Nice rooms, very quite and in an extremely great location. Also free Wi-Fi, which is a plus.

Excellent and cheap apartments to stay in melbourne. Also with free Wi-Fi and an easy walk to all melbourne public transport.

Stayed there last night as I was going to the MCG. Had read some bad reviews but found it was more than adequate for my need. No problems so would stay there again.

I think that most of the reviews posted so far are a bit unfair. I stayed at george powlett apartments last night with my girlfriend and a mate and we were more than happy with what we got. The rooms were open, beds reasonably comfy and there was free super hi speed internet to play world of warcraft on. we arrived at 10am and were able to check in at 10:30 even though check in was 1pm at the earliest on the site. The staff were helpful and the rooms were very clean. george powlett isnt the place you want to stay if you are after something swanky and high class, but it is affordable very close to city (2 min walk to tram stop, 10 min tram to the city). If you are young and dont mind a bit of street noise this place is perfect. DO NOT BRING A LARGE/MEDIUM CAR FOR THE CARPARK UNLESS YOU HAVE SUPREME REVERSING SKILLS! was definetly the tightest carpark ive ever experienced and quite a headache to get out of. That being said I managed to do it in a commodore. also I reccomend checking out the London Tavern in richmond, bout a 15 min walk past the mcg. Best parmis in melbourne.

Was it the fact that the shower rail was held on by sellotape, the three inch gap between the floor and front door, that the shower walls were growing. Something? No. It was the fact that the bathroom/toilet door rotated a full 93 degrees to serve a duel function, leaving a massive gap in the wall and the person plainly visible. I arrived at the apartment block at 7pm. They knew we were coming, and said they would e-mail us the entrance code. They didn't. We had to sit outside for 40 minutes in the rain until another guest let us in, and then we still didn't have a key or any idea what room we were in. Fortunately one of the residents told us they found their key under their mat. So I checked all 40+ doormats in the complex and randomly picked one with a key. The staff are hostile, the rooms filthy, the building is falling apart (literally the 'internet room' is rotten) and the whole place smelt of mildew. The one redeeming quality was. No, I got nothing. Avoid this place at all costs.

We were trying to contact someone who was staying there but didn't know their room number; the owner pretty much didn't want to know about it. Very very bad phone manners and overall useless service. if there was a rating for 'Useless' instead of Poor I would use that.