We stayed at May's place for two weeks due to our place having a major flood. Since we were local we were very aware of the location. True , it is near a busy street but the lane way home is in the back of the main house so the traffic was not that loud for us.
May was very accommodating and very fast communication when requests were made. For we have 3 young boys, two of them stayed upstairs but there was a door at the bottom of the stairs which made it a bit of a pain to access to go up. I asked May if she could remove it or if she was okay if I were to do so and she gladly allowed me to do so, this was a game changer in the flow of moving around the place.
My assumption was that this used to be two units in the lane way since the upstairs has somewhat of a kitchen sans hot plate and now it's rented as one unit.
As for the cold draft, yes there are AC units in quite a few of the rooms. These are the ones that sit on the window frame and you block the space that isn't filled.
For the summer these would be great but in the winter time there is a draft coming in, it's not so bad that your teeth are chattering but hence it's enough that you may notice it if you are standing in the right/wrong place in the room. I realize that it's a bit of a pain to make them installed seasonally but this would have been my preferred method.
The amenities are all there, we didn't use the washing machine for it needed a deep clean, this was probably due to the location being behind the entrance door and with that the washer is kept closed at all times with no airflow to dry the moisture out. I let May know this and she probably didn't even realize it was like this, I believe she took care of it right after we left.
Location is also very close to Duffins Doughnuts, this is somewhat of an institution of Vancouver, close to bus routes and if you need to go to Richmond your a short drive to get there.
Overall would stay there again due to it having 4 beds and two full bathrooms, which with having a family is a must have!