May 26, 2019 -- The short and sweet of it is, as other reviewers have noted and we are confirming: if you want a great AirBnB experience in Vancouver where you know the hosts will have your back while being set within a local neighborhood where everything is right around the corner, don't hesitate to trust Katherine and Mike. The details below:
Me and my family (five of us total) had the pleasure of staying at Katherine and Mike's place for 3 nights. We came to Vancouver for my Father in Law's B-day.
Katherine and Mike are both stellar communicators before and day of going out of their way to help us with logistics. Mike was there to greet us for a flexible check-in time which was much appreciated and essentially helped plan our first few days giving us a ton of local tips/info to make our time there well spent (and it was). They made it a point to follow up with us during our stay via message which was very thoughtful.
The townhouse itself is very new, very clean and very modern. For what it's worth the appliances (stove in particular) are top-notch worthy of a great home cooked meal. The beds were very comfortable (we slept soundly) and the toiletries were four-star hotel worthy. We were blessed with a few evenings of no rain making the rooftop deck a favorite spot to see the mountains, a peak of downtown and some seriously amazing sunsets. What stunned me was how quiet the neighborhood was in the evening.
The location is hard to beat. If you like to walk, getting to downtown is seriously no problem -- we did that our first day. If walking is an issue there's a bus stop 2 blocks away and more transit in almost any direction. Katherine and Mike generously provided some loaded compass passes that work with all transit in the city (we may have donated another one ;)) so you can get just about anywhere you want to go in the city. We took full advantage of our compass passes, even taking the sea bus out to North Vancouver for an afternoon. That all said, you could have a great time in a 10 block radius. You will be literally in the center of some amazing food, coffee and nightlife.
If you made it this far it's probably a safe bet you should book it ;)
Cheers! Evan and Family