Jeanie and Ki have a nice 1 bedroom apartment in Chinatown. It’s great for 2 people traveling and on this trip it was just my husband and I. It’s an easy walk to many restaurants and shops, and having a Rexall across the street was convenient to pick up snacks and water. The location is close to the Chinatown train station and buses are all just a few minutes walk away.
Although we stayed in early September and the temperatures have started to cool down, there is no a/c, and only a fan is provided, so when we shut the windows at night (no screen to prevent bugs from entering) it got pretty stuffy. During the day, there is some noise coming from upstairs from possibly a baby or a dog bouncing a ball. It didn’t bother us too much, but plan for this if you’re a light sleeper.
One important thing I have to note is that on the first night, as we were coming home from Gastown, we walked down Carrall street and saw a very large gathering of people without housing. So we decided to go down Abbott street instead which looked a bit safer. However as we were walking home, someone from the apartments dropped/threw a large glass bottle, shattering only a few feet from us. I would strongly recommend against walking on Abbott street or anything east of it to get back to the Airbnb especially at night. The incident occurred on Hastings and Abbott.
Other than that, Ki was very responsive, the apartment is well decorated, clean and has good sunlight. I just wished we knew beforehand that the neighborhood east of the apartments was sketchy. The other nights coming home and avoiding that area was fine.