Nia's place is a modern, large private basement space with lots of space. It is easy to get into downtown by bus and then train, which takes about 40 -50 minutes. ( you can walk instead of getting the bus which is very easy and about 30 minutes through a nice residential area) . There are lots of guide books and fresh toiletries etc which was great and Nia offered to hold our luggage the day we checked out which was generous. This is a basement and you do get noise from the family above however this wasn't an issue for us. Good value for Vancouver.