My two girl friends and I had a wonderful stay here while visiting the city for the first time for the Vancouver Marathon events. The cottage-like space is very cozy, and the garden is beautiful and generally feels more like a secluded cottage in the woods than an urban homestead. Anne and her friends/family/pets that we met during our stay all were extremely kind and welcoming. We highly recommend staying here if you're looking for a beautiful neighborhood and relaxed environment. The location is a bit far for walking to very many things that we were interested in under 20 minutes, just be prepared to get familiar with the public transit systems and look into biking if you do not have a rental car (but that should go without saying in a large city). We did every form of public transit, biked, and walked while we were there and were just fine. We only chose to cab when it came to early morning rainy race starts and catching our early morning train on the way out of town.