Gorgeous little gem in Vancouver’s oldest neighborhood. Antique house with several well thought-out details. Beautiful furniture and I probably took hundreds of photos inside and outside the house of all of the details. Overall, I loved the place.
That being said, I do have some comments for future travelers so they aren’t surprised. It is an antique wood-floored house that has the average amount of sound traveling and the hosts do live in the upstairs portion of the house. Obviously we weren’t loud, but we also did feel like we had to sort of whisper to not disturb the hosts and we could hear them walking around. That didn’t bother us too much because the majority of the days we were out exploring the city and only were there after dinner/to go to bed. There is a common front door and then two separate locking doors in the common indoor porch area (theirs, to the left leads upstairs; and the Airbnb door on the right). Once inside the Airbnb, there is a hallway leading beside the host’s stairway that opens into the beautiful living room. The stairwell has a thinner piece of frosted glass between the host’s living quarters and the Airbnb. If you’re on the couch, you can see the lights in the host’s stairwell and the blurred figures of people walking up them. Other than that reminder that I was kind of in someone’s home, LOVED the place. So many details and all updated fixtures, coffee maker, beautiful dishware, and Asian and antique pieces. Also, we appreciated the fact that they had a washer/dryer.
The neighborhood itself appears to be on the up and up. Many of the houses are being remodeled, but I wouldn’t feel incredibly comfortable walking around at night. There is a section several blocks away that the hosts warn you about that does have a large amount of homeless people, that probably wouldn’t be the safest day or night. Parking is free on the street side of the house, but sometimes proves difficult (we found it seems like the parking becomes easier to find after about 5pm, maybe because there’s a school about a block away and people go home?). We probably could have gotten away without renting a vehicle, but we were on a couple day time constraint and wanted to make sure we weren’t wasting time waiting on mass transportation so we could go to Grouse Mountain, Stanley Park, Capilano, and various breweries around the city, so we still rented a car. Only one of the days we were unable to find a spot in the free area, so we just left and came back at a later time. If you’re interested in breweries, the Airbnb is within walking distance of SEVERAL breweries. We loved that.
Overall, such a great experience. The hosts were so quick to respond back to any of our questions and wrote a sweet little note to welcome us. Very detailed in their check-in/check-out directions. I appreciate them opening up their beautiful home to us! We have never been to Vancouver or Canada, but we will definitely be back. Thank you again!