Shirley’s apartment was absolutely immaculate — white floors, walls, furniture, sheets, and a dozen or more white towels — and a 15 minute-or-less drive from the airport, downtown, the beach, many beautiful parks and UBC. Street parking was always available beside the house and Shirley was responsive to, for example, our request for an iron and ironing board. Other residents in the house were quiet. You barely knew they were there.
There are some quirks, however. The apartment is located on a major thoroughfare and pretty noisy, especially with windows open during hot summer nights. The kitchen/living/dining area is quite small — fine for a couple, but hard to imagine four adults dining together at the small table provided. Although there are some hooks and hangers in each bedroom there is no chest of drawers, closet or luggage rack, and you must commit to a house rule to not put suitcases on the beds, so we weren't able to unpack properly during our one week stay.
All in all, good value and a superb location, but not as relaxed a stay as we might have liked.