Katherine and Mike's place gets top marks in every category! The location is wonderful; the unit is a townhouse in a quiet side street just off Main St, which features lots of great local restaurants, coffee shops, breweries — but it's not busy. Overall very walkable, while still being quiet. Perfect. We really liked the Mt Pleasent and South Main St (SoMa) area the most of all the neighborhoods in Vancouver, and we've checked them all out (pretty much).
The hosts, Katherine and Mike, were extremely friendly and fast in responding, offering local advice and hospitality that went beyond what could be expected (such as coordinating for us to have some Amazon orders delivered to the unit while we're there: bad idea, don't trust delivery estimates). We broke some stuff by accident while we were there, but they were gracious, and even offered to drive us to give us a lift to our next location (also on Main St). They are just amazing hosts!
The unit is a modern 3-story (top/3rd floor is rooftop terrace) townhouse with 3 bedrooms. The layout is modern and smart, and the unit is thoughtfully and tastefully decorated (modern/minimalistic white/grey/wood theme) and equipped. We enjoyed coffee (they provided some, and we bought more from excellent coffee roasters on Main St, such as 49th Parallel) in the morning sitting on the rooftop with amazing 360˚ views of the cityscape and mountains.
The kitchen was fully equipped — we cooked a few meals, and the kitchen table worked well as a laptop working area. Their wifi was super fast.
Overall, we thoroughly enjoyed our stay there, and heartily recommend it to anyone.