Malibu Apartments - Perth

This place is always great. Just a lovely small apartment. Home away from home.

I was delighted from the moment I walked in the door. Checkin/getting the key was easy, and the apartment had more going for it than I had expected. I don't think I've slept on softer sheets, and everything I needed was there for a comfortable 2 night stay. I had hired a car, so parking out the back was easy enough...although I did have a couple of challenges to tackle, but you improvise, adapt and overcome, right? On one of the nights, I was woken by very noisy neighbours and, after listening to them swearing and talking at daytime volume for a while, I marched to the front door, pulled it open quickly and reminded my neighbours that it was only 2.45am!! I startled the last guy going in the door, and he apologised on behalf of his group, but there were at least 4 of them in the apartment across from me and it took a while for them to settle. They were a lot more subdued when catching the taxi/uber at 4.30am. I know that because I was sitting on my balcony/veranda having a quiet coffee, watching the pre-dawn rain, when they left! :D The only other thing was the artwork...I wasn't too sure about some of that and put one print in the wardrobe while I was there, and returned it before I left. Otherwise, I loved this place and would happily stay there again. :)

I stayed there by myself for two nights in early November 2023. The code received by email on the day of arrival, is only needed to enter your apartment/unit. It's not necessary to open the front gate. When I approached another guest to ask how the gas oven and stove hot plates work. - He replied that, a clicker that is a lighter, is in one of the top drawers - to light the hot plates and oven cavity with. I contacted the manager about it, who replied to me by text message, to inform me that is how those appliances are turned on. - In addition to pressing a button, or turning a dial. One question I asked before my arrival, but did not receive an answer to, was that all cutlery, crockery, pots, pans and mugs are provided and kept in the kitchen drawers and cabinet. The only negatives during my brief stay: 1. The front wooden door didn't lock well. I had to keep turning the key clockwise or anti-clockwise to get the door to lock properly. 2. I think it was during the first night I was there, in bed at around 1 AM trying to sleep, when I suddenly heard the voice of a male guest either in the apartment/unit above me/mine, or outside. - His language sounded Chinese or Korean. This guest continued speaking loud enough for 15 to 30 minutes. So that was inconvenient and not pleasant. I thought staying in standard room accommodation of that price, that I would be much less likely to encounter that noise. Having previously stayed in hostels. - To my knowledge, noise there needs to be kept to a minimum from 10 PM. I know how hard it is to find decent accommodation without any or much bad reviews in Perth, that's not far from the CBD. If you're a single, solo traveller, I would advise using a car to transport groceries in. The walk from Woolworths (St George's Terrace) the larger of Woolworths two CBD stores to Malibu Apartments should take 36 minutes, with a distance of 2.5 km. The problem with using Google Maps when walking in Perth, is that it isn't always accurate and reliable. I brought over with me, a UBD printed pocket map of Perth city, as a alternative for navigation.