We had a pretty good stay at Allen's. The place is clean and comfortable. It's in a nice suburb, but is a bus and a train into downtown or other places in central Vancouver. It could have been worse- been further out but public transport was easy to navigate so it was ok.
Value wise I think it's bit expensive for what you get but I would probably stay here again.
There are signs everywhere asking you to be quiet and courteous to other guests. But the people who live upstairs ignored this and woke us up early every morning with stomping around and a really loud tv. My overall experience is that this place was ok. Not by terrible by any means- lots was provided for and we were kindly and warmly welcomed by Allen. You have lots of privacy and it does feel like a small hotel. Which was great!