We stayed with Yvette for a month upon arriving to Canada for the first time at the start of our working visa holiday. We stayed in a newly renovated basement suite with a large room and view of the mountains. We had a bathroom & fully equipped kitchen on our level. We did our cooking upstairs and it was always fine to share with Yvette and other guests. We soon grew confident with the public transport system (a bus stop only minutes away with 1 bus into downtown for regular hours, and various other bus stops minutes away to North Vancouver, early morning and middle-of-the-night services to and fro to downtown) This is a perfect location if you want to go into North Vancouver. Sometimes public transport into Downtown was delayed but that's Vancouver I suppose. This airbnb is a perfect way to start or finish your trip to Vancouver - we made such good friends with everyone there and we are planning on visiting again sometime soon. I also rate it high for privacy - even with many rooms in the house we often could enjoy our own company as there's plenty of room in the entire home for everyone to enjoy their own company or if they like, the company of others.