The Sedgebrook on Leichhardt

The Sedgebrook on Leichhardt is a small apartment property at 83 Leichhardt Street, Spring Hill, offering one bedroom apartments a short walk up the hill from the Brisbane CBD. Pets are accepted by prior arrangement, which puts it on a short list of self-contained options this close to the city that will take a dog at all.

Dogs at the Sedgebrook

Approval comes first: dogs stay only by prior arrangement with management, and charges apply. The catch for anyone booking from a distance is that the pet terms differ across booking platforms. Some channels describe dogs of any size as welcome, others list a limit of pets under 10kg with up to date vaccination records, and the stated fees range from around $20 a day to a flat charge for the stay. Treat all of that as unconfirmed until you have stated your dog's breed and weight directly to the property and had the fee confirmed in writing. Most listings cap the number at one or two pets per apartment.

Once approved, the apartment itself does a lot of the work for you. One bedroom layouts come with full cooking facilities and a couch, and some have a large balcony. Guests regularly mention spacious, clean rooms and a helpful manager.

Max: an apartment with a couch, a kitchen and a manager who actually answers dog questions beats any CBD hotel with a gift-shop goldfish bowl of a pet policy.

Worth knowing

Self catering is the quiet advantage here for dog owners. Your dog eats their normal food on their normal schedule, and nobody has to negotiate room service or leave the animal alone in a hotel corridor while you eat downstairs. Spring Hill is a quiet, leafy ridge suburb, so toilet walks are calm compared with the Queen Street end of town, though the walk back up the hill is genuinely uphill.

Getting there and parking

Leichhardt Street runs along the Spring Hill ridge just above the CBD, a few minutes from Central Station by foot and easy to reach off the Inner City Bypass. Check parking arrangements for your apartment when you book, because on-street spots in Spring Hill are time limited during the day.

Close by with the dogs

Victoria Park Fenced Dog Park is about a kilometre away for a proper off lead run, and Neal Macrossan Playground Park Fenced Dog Park at Paddington is another fenced option just west. For food, Plant Room Cafe and Knowhere Brisbane are both in Spring Hill with dog friendly outdoor seating. Punthill Spring Hill nearby is the other apartment option in the suburb that takes dogs by arrangement.

Book direct, ask about the dog before you pay, and this is a workable city base for you and the dog. More dog friendly stays in QLD or see Spring Hill for the suburb's full line-up.