The fantastic: Very clean and nice space; great view of the city; great supplies in the kitchen (pots, pans, utensils, etc.). It was quite pleasant to be inside the apartment.
The not-so-fantastic: The location is described this way in the ad "...in the trendy Strathcona district with many coffee shops and brewies just a couple steps away." However, this was NOT my experience of the neighborhood. I am from the U.S. and was visiting Vancouver for the 1st time. Upon arrival at 7pm, I ventured out on foot to find food. I was quite shocked to find abject poverty, homelessness, drug use, and encampments everywhere I could walk on foot. I witnessed people shooting up drugs with a needle right on the sidewalks near the apartment. It prompted me to research the area and I learned that this area is known as the "skidrow of Canada." I would have liked to know in advance that there are very few places one can walk to and/or which streets are safe to walk on; the area is not walkable esp at night