My husband and I booked this listing as a getaway for our third wedding anniversary. The listing was not as described as immediately upon our arrival we noticed the entire building was still under construction. It was gated off, heavy construction equipment everywhere, and we had to walk across slippery plywood boards to enter the front of the condo. We figured this wasn’t a big deal and hoped that the condo itself was nice.
The condo itself was a decent space, but was not cleaned properly. The soles of our feet collected a lot of grit and dust, enough to the point where we had to wash them in the shower. They advertised as being NON pet friendly but there must have been pets in the condo as both our allergies were acting up, this is not something I can blame the host for though.
The next morning (likely around 730-8am) all we heard were jackhammers and heavy construction equipment that was loud enough to wake us and this continued daily (until around 5pm) throughout our stay. The construction here is no where near finished as half the building is still missing their balconies and a proper entrance. The host should have mentioned this in their listing or at the very least when they were communicating with us.
The location is good as it is relatively close to old Montreal but be careful as there is a homeless shelter right behind the condo meaning there is a lot of public display of drug use and homeless folk around the building especially the parking garage, which I might add is $14 a day but does not allow you in and out privileges. We ended up spending much more in parking as not all destinations we wanted to visit were walking distance such as the Mont Morency Falls. This meant we had to leave and were charged again for another days worth of parking within the same 24 hour time period. The rooftop pool was also out of commission, but that was not the hosts fault as there was a malfunction.
Bottom line me and my husband fell for a bait and switch tactic. We wanted a peaceful romantic getaway and instead we got construction, allergies and dirty feet. The host at the very least should have mentioned that the condo was still being built. I’m giving this place 2 stars as the location is good, but that’s about it.