So I don’t often write reviews but I felt I had to in this case. Overall our stay was very good at Art’s place and I will try to give as objective review as possible regardless of having an issue with Art during our stay.
I will start with the positives.
1. Great location! Very close to everything downtown including bars, restaurants, sites, and inner harbour.
2. Place was very clean and check in overall was made very easy by Art.
3. The security in the building is phenomenal. You need the key fob with you at all times to access elevators, parking garage and apartment.
4. Good amenities in the apartment including fridge, stove, washer, dryer, and bbq which are all in good condition.
5. TV was good however be aware that there is no standard TV. If you have an IPad or Apple phone airqplay works very well but have to access everything from your own device. I was fine with that but some may not be.
Now for negatives.
1. Bedroom is very small. There are a number of references in the Airbnb ad to putting your suitcase on the dining room table. I now get it as this is the only place for your suitcase as there is no room in bedroom for them. My wife and I left ours in the dining room on the floor and on the one folding suitcase holder supplied however this was not very convenient.
2. Bathroom is also very small although did the job for a short stay. Smaller than most hotel bathrooms however.
3. As I mentioned earlier you need a key fob to access most areas of building which is great for security however you only get one so if there is more than one of you staying in the place it is not easy to split up and do different activities as you do need this fob to get back in.
4. Lastly Art does not seem to be in the city so if you do need something or have a challenge this seems to be problematic. He is very responsive to your messages however solving the issue does seem to be challenging. We had a very minor issue in that there were no coffee pods left for the Keurig machine. This would not have been an issue as we would have just went and bought some except for the fact that Art promised to drop some off. Our communication went on over this for several days until day 4 (of our 5 day stay) when Art’s neighbour (that Art claimed was his employee) finally sheepishly showed up with a handful on the last evening of our 5 day stay. Again not a big issue however not sure what would have happened if would have had a larger problem!