If I have to write just one tldr, I'll say Eliza and Jay themselves are what made this stay special. For two weeks of my stay, they had been super sweet, considerate and nice to myself and my family. On our arrival, Jay came down to greet us nicely and introduced us to the highlight of the neighbourhood; later on, he saw me struggling with how to do garbage, came and gave me a helping hand. But other than that, they let us enjoyed our time and never once came disturbing us. And their responding time frame is crazy, by crazy I mean Eliza is as responsive, if not more, than my best friend on messenger. You can almost reach her 24/7 and she will reply in a blink.
Let's talk about the place, it's a basement suite, nicely decored and labeled. They put labels on all the utilities and utensils, so it's easy to get accustomed with a new place and find the tools we need. The living room is cozy, the kitchen fully equipped and functional - we have made meals both western and eastern here. Bathroom nice and bedroom also comfy. Although it's a basement, there is a fair amount of natural lighting coming in. We came during a summer, which is typically quite hot in Vancouver, but I'll say the basement is almost always 10 degree cooler than the exterior. Even when it's burning hot outside, we don't even need a fan inside to stay cool
In terms of environment and convenience. It locates at a quite part of town, we feel very safe staying and walking in the neighbourhood. Once we went home late at 10pm, but it felt just alright towalk at night too. A few supermarket and restaurants (mostly asian) are just few blocks away, but it's also within walking distance to the skytrain station and bus stops that go to either downtown or metrotown. We were traveling without car, but we managed to go and come back from most part of town in an hour - super ez.
In the evening, there may usually be some flies flying outside the door, but only two of them managed to get inside the place in our 2-week-stay. Our hosts have the windows nicely barred with insects net. And I saw some tiny spiders a few times. But it's totally normal in this part of town and in a basement.
We highly recommend anyone who are traveling to Vancouver , for however many time, to try Eliza's plcae out. Did I also mention it's just a ~20-30mins ride on uber from the airport too? Thank you Eliza and Jay!