This is the lowest rating I have given and I am not giving it lightly. I think this location has amazing potential and Minsung was very helpful when we reached out to him, however be advised. The problems come from poor description and the low rating is mostly due to cleanliness.
1) If you have a vehicle you will need to take everything out of it and the trek from safe(ish) parking locations to the building requires you to cross the street. The parking under the building to the right of the apartments is gross and at the time of our stay had a number of homeless
people inside. The parking across the street is much better but again farther away and if you have more than your bag in the vehicle it gets to be rather cumbersome.
2) the area is not the safest, it was dirty and a number of homeless people were around, this is understandable but there are safer areas for sure.
3) The noise pollution level is fairly high, this is particularly true due to the alleyway behind the building.
4) the apartment has great potential, and I greatly appreciated that it is a locked building. However, it wasn't clean. The couch bed smelled strongly of BO and the shower had hair on walls. The kitchen dishes were filthy, there was a glass with a literal dirt ring in it and the pots and pans were very dust. Everyone expects to wash down their dishes before use but there is no dish soap provided so we had to go buy dish soap in order to use the dishes. You could run anything you plan to use through the dishwasher but again, dishes should at least appear clean. The bed did not have a top sheet and the blanket provided had an odor. The ceiling fan was very dirty, and I can imagine if used would likely drop dust. The washer and dryer did not have proper knobs and instead a pair of pliers was placed next to the device for you to start the machine. All in all the place needs better tending to.
5) On the plus sides, the gas stove is lovely and after washing, the pots and pans are as well! Yaletown is a funky little area and there is a great deal within walking distance to be enjoyed especially for the younger crowd. If new cleaning staff are employed and you don't have a vehicle it would be a lovely little spot!