It was a great little garden gem...cute neighborhood, walking distance from a variety of good restaurants and shopping- only a $12 cab ride to the Port of Vancouver and not too much from the airport, either. Overall it was an economical, great place. There are quirks that you'd expect from a 100-year old house, which kind of made it even more the "Experience" for our kids, who've never really seen such old construction. The little loft bedroom area is where they chose to sleep because of the "cool" factor. Please be very aware and mindful that if you are older or less fit, or unstable on your feet, staying in the upstairs of this house may not be the best choice for you. We are fit younger people in our early 40s with two kids age 6 & 8, and we ALL tripped and fell on the stairs at some point. The railing was loose and yowza...I didn't feel comfy with the low railing and the steep drop upstairs. I would definitely recommend against LITTLE kids in this house, and be very very careful with yourself walking the stairs too!! The thing is, we totally respect the shoes-off rule in the house (we do the same thing at our house), but socked feet on super overly steep wood stairs that are so narrow they barely fit a grown foot sideways...it was a treacherous situation.
Other thing to note is that unlike many Airbnb places we have stayed, we didn't find a whole lot of the little amenities like shampoo and conditioner, etc. There were two towels for the four of us. I saw a container of shower gel, but I couldn't find conditioner until I poked around under the sink, and I felt like maybe I shouldn't be using it! It was weird. I don't usually travel on a plane with a bunch of hair products, so I had to make due.
The two bedrooms had fairly comfy beds, and though the pillows were flat-ish, some people like that. There's a creepy stuffed owl in one of the bedrooms that freaked us all out. LOL! Seriously...it's enough to make your skin crawl. The kids wouldn't go near that room, so that may be why they elected to sleep in the little loft on the floor mats.

There really was no way to make coffee, which was a big inconvenience considering we are the MUST have coffee types first thing in the morning...small things like condiments and a clean fridge-- that we have come to expect, and they didn't exist here. There were icky moldy things and just eons of half-used sauces in the super packed downstairs fridge, (there was an upstairs mini-fridge that wasn't plugged in when we got there, so we didn't use it)...and a compost bin that stunk up the kitchen- no bag in the trash can, and for the life of me I couldn't find a clean towel or even paper towel to wipe off dishes. I tried! We honestly did appreciate that they were nice enough to let us use their personal downstairs kitchen while they were away for the weekend, so we did our best to adapt and figure it out while trying to be unobtrusive...but just be aware if you stay here and they are home, I don't think they allow anyone to use the kitchen, so plan ahead.
There is no TV at all anywhere in the living room or upstairs...which is fine, heck I respect that!! ...but the kids really had nothing to do once dinner was over- there weren't games or really books or anything that we could see- this is a grownup, sit on the porch and relax type atmosphere. (we put them to bed and enjoyed the late sunsets)...The level of "quirkiness" was high!! But it's totally cool in many ways. The yard was spectacular garden jungle. You can hardly see out to the street through the flowering trees, and the cool black squirrels provided many hours of entertainment. All in all it was cool enough to overlook the minor weirdness!
- Michelle