This was our first AirBnB stay so really appreciated Julie's quick replies to all our questions. She moved her car out of the garage and let us park our car and drop off our bags, even though she was still finishing up cleaning.
The place is very nicely decorated, comfortable and clean, it's inside a modern apartment building so garage, lobby area and elevators are in great shape. Their hallway neighbor's welcome mat though hinted at the neighborhood feel outside of the gates: "Sometimes I feel like I'm the only one trying to gentrify this neighborhood". That's definitely the case, the rest of the blocks around have a mix of high and low income housing and you see people in obvious need as you walk around.
We spent most of the time away though and walked everywhere from there. The first day we walked three blocks south to the SkyTrain which was a super convenient way to quickly get to and from the Canada Day festivities. The next day we went North through a part of China town which was a bit sketchy, then up to Canada Place, around Stanley park, over to Granville Island, then back past the Olympic Village.
Check-out was easy. Julie told us to leave linens and towels where they were. We didn't really use the kitchen other than for water and snacks, so that was simple as well. Drove the car out of the garage and walked the key back up to the apartment and locked the door handle on the way out.