We stayed at Star's guesthouse May 26th, 2019 to May 30th, 2019 and really enjoyed our time there.
The guesthouse is really nice. It has everything you need, starting with a very modern and very well equipped kitchen (incl. dishwasher, microwave, oven, ceramic cooking field), to a nice and also well equipped bathroom (hair dryer included) and a comfy bedroom (though it was a little smaller than expected).
The guesthouse has wi-fi, a washing machine and a dryer. Everything was super clean and Star was very responsive to our questions during our stay. The guesthouse is situated in a nice neighbourhood, that is only a few minutes on foot away from Haistings Street (this is where you can catch the bus into Downtown).
There is also a London Drugs Store close by on Haistings street (approx. 15 minutes walk from the guesthouse), where you can purchase a daypass for using the public transportation system in Vancouver.
Tip for foreign travelers: don't get the compass card at the airport unless you're a canadian citizen or in possession of a canadian bank account. As foreigner you will not be able to recharge your compasscard online (which is why you would want to get a compasscard in the first place) or via service hotline (status: May, 2019). This solely is a prerogative to canadian locals (info from the campuscard service hotline) Except for this minor shortcoming the Vancouver public transportation system (buses, skytrain and seabus) work very weĺl and are easy to access from Hastings street.
I'd stay at star's guesthouse anytime soon again.
Many thanks for having us.
Tip: the best way to get to the apartment from the airport is via taxi ($40) - at least if you have a lot of luggage to carry along with you.