They were a number of cons that outweighed the pros at A’s place
The three main issues were the location, cleanliness and size of the room
The apartment is close to a number of parts of Vancouver as stated. However it is also very close to the area of the town where a large number of homeless and drug addicts live on the streets. It made my girlfriend and I feel uncomfortable many times and I’m not sure I’d feel comfortable walking in the vicinity of the apartment on my own or at night.
The cleanliness of the apartment upon check in was agreeable, however the bathroom, in particular, seemed badly kept by other individuals. I understand this is shared accommodation. There was hair in the shower, but more bizarrely, in and on the toilet. There was also toilet roll (used) on the toilet seat one morning.
The room is also very small. I know it is stated as small but to give scale my girlfriend and I were carrying rucksacks. If we had suitcases I don’t think I’d have been able to open it on the floor. With the summer heat it felt very small!!
In fairness there were a number of pros. The check-in process was very smooth (although another couple were left outside the flat one afternoon we came back unable to
contact the host, according to them). The room was hot as mentioned and the host went out and bought a fan the next day, he states a previous guest broke it. And the pool/hot tub was very nice.