I had a really good time at Sarah’s place. Yes, it’s a room in a shared apartment, but Sarah and David are cool hosts. Apart from lunch time I didn’t see or hear them at all.
The place is quirky and cool. If you’re not looking for a hotel experience than this is quite close to experiencing how it would feel to live and work in west end vancouver.
Location is great, more towards the west of downtown but you can pretty much walk anywhere and you have easy access to Stanley and then directly south to English bay.
The place was clean, as was bathroom and generally all the shared living space. As it’s a lived in place there are lots of things, instruments, books, plants etc but they’re generally tidied in order so just felt like a well lived in, orderly space.
A bit of a mix up at check in meant I was waiting for 5 mins outside, but Sarah was super helpful and I was let in by a neighbour. More my fault as I said I’d be there in an hour but due to a quicker transfer I was there in 30.
Summary = not a hotel room (as expected), clean, good location, very friendly hosts (who you hardly see), really enjoyed myself. 5 stars.