The room is comparable to a decent motel room, with some flexibility you won’t find in the standard chain, e.g. a bench seat with an extendable dining table. The room was nicely heated.

The bed and bedding are superbly comfortable! The room has excellent light-blocking curtains.

The bathroom is a bit small but is otherwise fine. You will have to be a bit careful when placing your toiletry items on the small glass shelf.

The bar fridge is ok, but I wish it had a separate freezer. The ice box inside does make and keep ice, but you couldn’t store TV dinners inside.

The dishwashing area is very basic, but it's ok once you get used to it.

The clothes washer/dryer at the back of the house are fine, but you might be walking through the rain to get to it. Vancouver does rain a lot.

The Wi-Fi/Internet setup is good, but while the speed is very fast during the day, it drops to zero after about 6:30 PM and stays that way till about 11:30. That’s the problem with Shaw Cable. If you need evening Internet, you might want to look for a place with DSL instead. (Unfortunately, this problem seems to be endemic in Vancouver.)

Location-wise, the room is very nicely situated even if you don't have a car, which was a huge plus for me. There are services of all kinds within a ten-minute walk or a similarly short bus ride. Metrotown is about a 20-minute bus/Skytrain ride away. The house is a block away from a high-traffic street with very frequent bus service during the day and respectable service at night. Nevertheless, the noise level here is zero despite the proximity to a major street, since it is set in by a block.

For me, about the only negative about the location was not having a gym really close by. Killarney Pool is the closest rec center, but it was a more difficult to get to than I would have preferred. (Obviously, though, if you have a car, you won't have this issue.)

Allen was responsive to emails when I made the reservation, and he was pleasant to deal with when I arrived.

All in all, I had a very pleasant stay and would recommend this service provider to anyone visiting Vancouver!