Ok, I’m going to write my first ever disgruntled review.
Sean wrote us a week before our arrival to inform us that there would be a “landscaping project on the exterior of the building with work going on from 8am - 4 pm” during our stay and that “it would not affect the interior all”.
The reality, however, turned out to be a bit different.
The outside area/small garden was turned into a building site with workers working just outside the windows with heavy machinery. They began work at 6.00/6.30 in the morning and made so much noise that is was literally impossible to have a conversation inside the apartment - let alone sleep. So I wouldn’t exactly say that it didn’t affect the interior at all.
This also meant that there was no use of the outside area at all and we had to keep all the curtains drawn while in the apartment since the workers were literally 20 cm from the windows.
Also, a notice a week before we arrive is really not useful. There was no way we could have made a new reservation in the same area with that short notice.
I certainly wouldn’t have felt good about renting out my place under circumstances like that.
That said, the apartment was fine and spacey, even for a family of four and the location is great with everything you need in Kitsilano within walking distance.