Pros:
Spacious apartment with balcony, full kitchen, close to tons of restaurants, coffee, etc., walkable to Granville Island via the bridge. Our train from Seattle arrived 4 hours before check in and the hosts were super nice in letting us check in early. Overall the inside of the apartment is really nice and even though it’s obviously used as a rental only (no one lives there) it still felt clean, new, and had everything you could possibly need.
Cons:
While I had read reviews saying the street this apartment is on was noisy, I assumed this was your typical weekend/bar crowd noise for a large city. That’s not the case. The windows don’t seem to block out noise at all, as we could hear people on the street talking three floors up every night during the weekdays we stayed there and I think there might be a shelter or something nearby because there was someone shouting at all hours of the night. There are homeless people nearby which isn’t an issue as they keep to themselves, but the shouting from the street was more than I was ok with given it made it hard to get to sleep at night. I still think it’s a great spot for how close it is to everything but if you are a light sleeper (which I’m not) I’d choose something on a quieter street.