I am originally from Vancouver, and 5 months ago, my family relocated to the US. I had to return for administrative reasons, and I knew I wanted to be back in my old neighbourhood! For those of you reading this who are not from Vancouver: why would you want to stay downtown with all the tourists when you can stay in East Van with all the locals (who have great taste in food, wine, beer and coffee!!)?! It was such a pleasure to stay at Heidi's place. It was designed to make a guest feel like home, that's for sure! After a long day of errands, I poured myself a glass of wine and enjoyed it in front of the fire. It was absolutely lovely, and I would 100% stay there again. Many thanks Heidi! Think of me whenever you have Pizza Barbarella and a coffee at Matchstick! My two local faves that I miss so much. Five stars for this flat and its amazing location.