The apartment was beautiful and a very good location. We were very close to the Yaletown metro stop and a short walk to the David Lam ferry terminal to get to Granville island.
I was worried about the street noise from other reviews as I was traveling solo with my toddler, but we were lucky to not hear any excessive loud traffic during our Friday-Monday stay (albeit the emergency sirens in the middle of the night were quite loud). Ben was pretty responsive as a host, although sometimes it felt slower than I expected. He was very responsive when a loose nail sticking out of the dining table cut my son as he walked by and came by the next morning to fix it. Some inconveniences were the off-location pickup of the keys which was a block and a half away but an added hassle while traveling with a young child and all of our stuff uphill to check in and check out. There also wasn’t the form in the unit as expected so that added in an extra hassle of having to communicate with the hosts. I had also previously requested upon booking if there could be a blackout curtain and they said they would try to install it. I checked the week before arriving with no response and unfortunately the first night, the hallway lights kept my son and I up frequently. I was able to set up a makeshift curtain with extra supplies in the unit. I think for a young couple or people traveling with older children it might not matter, but it impacted our stay a little. There was also a gym and kids zone play area but we didn’t get access to it, which was kind of a bummer because my son would have enjoyed the play area as the unit itself was lacking kid friendly things.
Luckily we had such a great time being out and about in Vancouver that coming back to a comfy and clean place was very nice.