Everything was good with our stay here. Ishtar, lito and marko were all extremely friendly. Any problems that came up were dealth with fully and very quickly. Other communication was efficient and always helpful. Ishtar dropped off a surprise christmas tree which was a great touch as it made the apartment lovely over the festive period. The apartment itself is clean and renovated to a modern standard, it was alot bigger than we expected. It had all the basics that you need to get buy. From what I understood we were renting the apartment from the company that owns the building and ishtar manages the propertys on their books. Only negatives really are that the apartment can seem a bit dark (due to dark floor boards and winter time probably) and there is some road noise from outside (just keep the windows closed if your having a lye in). Nothing can really be done about those things though. Location wise its good, about 30mins walk to downtown vancouver, 10mins to sky train and no frills supermarket, no 17 bus stop right across from the apartment building. You have an underground parking spot aswell which is very handy if you rent a car etc. The apartment is 200m from broadway which is a main (non touristy) shopping street with loads of amenitys, banks, shops, restauraunts. Overall a good experience staying here and found it a great base for landing as new pr in Canada. Thanks