The place is small but clean and new and has basic amenities provided - coffee maker, shampoo etc; totally serviceable for 1-2 people for a few days in Vancouver. It's also in a convenient area downtown that's nearby to the good, fun neighbourhoods so it was a good base for us while we were there.
However - there are a few things we wish we would have known prior to booking:
1 - Overall being expected to work around what is convenient and easy to the host, even when it contradicts what he has listed in his posting. Specifically:
2 - check in. listed as 3pm, however really check in is at a time convenient to the host. Though we told him in advance we would be arriving at 3 he couldn't meet us until after he finished work, so after a long drive in we had to kill time and work to his schedule.
3 - parking. listed as free (he's now updated to $20) however it's visitor parking which the host does not pay for and can't guarantee. You are also not given a fob and so can only come and go with him physically there. Ok fine, we wouldn't drive while there. But we had an issue when leaving - after saying it would be ok, the host told us the day before checkout that as he didn't want to let us out of the building early am when we needed to leave that we would have to park on the street or elsewhere for the night. In the end his v grumpy father let us out, though it was a day of hassle and being told 'we sure had lots of demands' for expecting to be able to park in the building (as listed) and go when we liked (which was at no time stipulated prior to arrival).
4 - illegal airbnb listing in a building that doesn't allow it. The host volunteered that the building is fine with airbnb. This is not true.