The Good:
+ This is in an amazing location. in less than 10 minute walk I was able to get most things I wanted like restaurants, shops, grocery, water front/parks etc.
+ Sean and Annie are quick to respond. However they prefer us reaching out to the building manager directly.
+ I was able to self check-in easily even though there was snafu setting up my phone number to the call box of the building. They were able to quickly resolve it once I notified them.
+ I did not want any disturbance from neighbours or owners when staying here as I work from home and it's exactly what I got.
+ They have a fully equipped kitchen so I was able to get grocery from near by and cook almost all types of dishes with what they had.
The Bad:
- Soon as I walked in I felt the place is very small for the price. I guess the cost is mostly for the great location and not the apartment itself.
- The furnishings were sub-par quality. There was so much lint that came off the carpet and started flying around the room. I asked for a vacuum cleaner but they only had a dusting vacuum not a carpet vacuum. It did not help much. After a couple of days I just rolled up the carpet and left it in the closet to keep myself healthy. I had brought my own pillows and sheet so can't comment much on the quality of bedding. The mattress was fine.
- The unit is in the same level as the Granville bridge and the road noise during the day is too much to keep the windows open and talk to someone on the phone.
- The pedestrians on the bridge can look into the unit so I had to keep the blinds also closed most of the time. On the flip side, if you are relaxing in the balcony, you can wave to the pedestrians and have a chat with them.
- Work with the host ahead of time to secure a parking. They preferred providing parking for the tenants in the building who had a year long lease. I couldn't get the building parking and was left to park my car out on the street and keep moving it every couple of hours during the day. It's no fun doing that for the whole month. I saw one car broken in on the street during my stay. So it was generally stressful leaving your car parked under the bridge.
The Ugly:
I did a long stay during summer and this unit got very very hot. It felt like an oven around 2PM to 7PM. There is no AC in the unit. A few days I went to my office just to get away from the heat, came back home to open the window and stepped outside and spent time in a park and come back late after the sun is gone for the room temperature to drop.
It was good on the days it rained. This I would say is a problem only if you visited in the summer. A few summer days were extremely hot in Vancouver. It got over 95° F/35° C