Two words. The view! The windows reaching from the ceiling to just above the floor gives you an awesome view to wake up to each morning. Looking down below gives you a sense of what might be going on for the day. For instance, multiple festivals happened during my stay and I could see when they were setting up in Chinatown or what the crowds looked like at Concord Pacific. You have multiple rooms to enjoy this view with my favorite being the bedroom set up with a daybed. Lots of closet space to store my belongings and a washer and dryer for my clothes. Shower had great water pressure/coverage. I had all the essentials needed to make my stay a comfortable one. If I needed anything else, there was a super convenient pharmacy just next door and multiple grocery store options either one block or a few blocks away. You can walk to many places for food in just a few minutes and there's even late night options for pick up 5-10 minutes away. The train station was no more than a 5 minute walk away or within 10 minutes you could walk to the Seaside Greenway path and either bike or walk as far as Jericho Beach (even UBC) or to English Bay Beach and then hop on the Seawall path and walk or bike around Stanley Park. You can walk to the heart of downtown in 15 minutes or be in central Gastown in 5 minutes. You can even walk to BC Place or Rogers arena to watch a Whitecaps or Canucks game.
There was a heatwave that hit one of the weeks I was staying at Anne's place, so having a rare central AC definitely made it much easier to sleep through the night. I had no issues using the Wifi to stream movies or have Zoom calls with my co-workers. I didn't use the pool or sauna, but both were usually empty. I especially loved having the gym all to myself in the evenings. If you want to use it during peak hours such as the morning time or lunch, then you'll need to reserve a time slot ahead of time with the concierge either by calling or stopping by the front desk. For food deliveries, you can buzz the delivery person up to your front door. One of my biggest concerns with travel is me being a light sleeper. I didn't have any issues with hearing neighbors, but with this location being so close to Gastown, ambulances and police sirens are a frequent occurrence. Though, this should be expected when you're staying in a city.
This condo has class and coming home to it each night was a dream. My only real gripe is there are two elevators in the building and one was down my entire stay for the month. Consider adding an extra 5-10 minutes for your time to get anywhere if that elevator is still down. Waiting for the elevator and then having that elevator potentially stop at multiple floors on the way down might set your schedule back a bit. The tradeoff is the higher up you are the better that view. Also, did I mention the view :D?
As Anne mentioned and others in the reviews, you will definitely see the struggles of the homeless around this area, but they usually keep to themselves. No matter what time I was out this area was fairly active with people either walking back home or taking their dogs for walks in the parks, so I felt safe in the neighborhood and also the condo itself with the secured access. I'd definitely recommend Anne's place to stay if you want the offerings mentioned above and many more. It might even persuade you to move to Vancouver permanently like it has for me.