My wife and I stayed at the apartment for four nights and found it very clean. The bed was comfortable and the living room, with it's hardwood floor, was very spacious. An elevator brings you one floor up to the apartment which was nice for me since my knees don't like climbing stairs anymore. The Nespresso machine was a nice touch in the kitchen. The refrigerator has a separate freezer compartment and kept our food nice and cold. We had no problems with the WiFi which was reasonably fast.
The view of the canal was good but it is not very scenic because you are looking at the back side of a building from your windows. However, this was a very minor factor. The windows were nice and big and could be opened when the weather was nice. There were great restaurants just a few steps away from our front door and the grocery store was less than a 5 minute walk away. The cathedrals and old Ghent were just a 5-10 minute walk away so we could just about walk everywhere we wanted to go. If you want to hop on public transportation, the stop was just 50 meters from our front door. The apartment was quiet at night but more noisy during the day when the street below was active. However, we never found the noise too much for us. Overall, we greatly enjoyed the apartment and wouldn't mind booking it again when we return again to Ghent. Be sure to walk down the canal toward old Ghent at night and bring your camera, it is beautiful.