My boyfriend and I stayed at Maria's place during a stopover in Vancouver on my way to London. We rented a car, so I can't speak to ease of access to public transit. The apartment is in an interesting part of town where a lot of the neighboring properties had very unkempt lawns. Regardless, there wasn't a feeling of being unsafe in this neighborhood. The apartment is as shown in the pictures. All in all, we had a comfortable stay.
Notes for future guests:
1. Entering via the back entrance in the alley is a lot easier, especially if you have suitcases. The walkway from the front of the house to the back of the house where the entrance to the apartment is, is narrow and laid with stepping stones and gravel. Lovely from a landscaping perspective, but difficult to use for bringing your belongings inside.
2. For such a high cleaning fee, there was what felt like a rather long list of housekeeping requests that was undisclosed prior to arrival. I keep any place that I stay in very tidy anyways, but I felt these were true housekeeping requests that should have been included in the cleaning fee.