My husband and I just spent an extended week in Vancouver at Andrew's place. The apartment is in a great location in Mount Pleasant and it's easy to get to all parts of the city. In our opinion, it's nice to get away from the more touristy locations and away from the high rises, although it's easy to walk to all locations.
The apartment is super cool; very modern, comfortable, high tech and stylish. It's quiet, although it's on the ground floor. Also, there's no air conditioning, but we had no problems with that. The apartment is spacious and cool and has a large, efficient ceiling fan and an extra fan in the bedroom. We rented a car for part of the week, and while parking is restricted immediately outside of the building, we didn't really have a problem since we were usually gone all day and then could park in front at night.
Andrew and Emily stock the apartment with high-end bath products. It was a luxury to have two bathrooms and the steam shower is a treat. The king-sized bed is a plus and the linens were really nice. Nice artwork, too!
Andrew and​ Emily were very responsive to all communications, too.
A note about the city bike system- we use city bikes in most cities we travel to and were disappointed in how expensive it is in Vancouver. Be careful; if you use one, don't ride over 30 minutes without recharging your account at a bike station which can be hard to do. Better to rent a bike all for the day at a bike store.