This place is bank for your buck. The location is awesome and includes free parking which is hard to find in that area. Great coffee shops and restaurants are around and is close to most stuff you would like to see in Vancouver.
5 star to the location and parking availability.
The check-in process is little tedious. You have to first go to a 7-11's keycafe, which is 3 blocks away, get the keys for the building and the apartment. We first chose to go to 7-11 and it was difficult to find a parking there. Finding a parking, getting the keys, finding the apartment and checking-in took almost 20-30 minutes for us.
I will rate the Check-in Process a 3 star.
The building is really old. If you are using the parking, you will enter the backdoor of the building. The lock is a bit wonky. Use the key with one hand and rotate it with other hand to open the door. There are no elevators and the apartment is at 3rd floor. It's already mentioned in the description of the listing. I will give 2 stars to the building.
The place is much better when you step inside the apartment. Samantha has taken care of every small thing for you. It's a home outside of your home. Kitchen is fully set up. It doesn't have a microwave or dishwasher. There were candies and a welcome card, which was really personable. The place is spacious and has two queen sized beds. One in the bedroom and another in the living area. Bathroom is little small but has everything you would need.
Will give an apartment and amenities a 4 star.
We didn't have a great experience checking out. It was partly on us as well because we left something in the apartment but had to go back to collect it while we still had the keys. By the time we went, the cleaners had almost cleaned the apartment and were super rude to us. Parts of the conversation included "Do you know what time it is? ", "You have to leave.". Hospitality extends to everyone who is involved in the operations but in this case, it didn't. I will give the check-out process a 1 star.
Samatha is a great host. She responded in a timely fashion. When this issue was reported to her, she empathized with us and promised to take action. I will give 5 stars to the host.