This place is perfect. The apartment has an old charm (“typical Montreal” according to local friends) but is at the same time newly renovated, so it is very clean. It had everything we needed (but not a lot of personal stuff we did not need). The interior is comfortable and arty, and we very much enjoyed Mel’s paintings on the walls. The apartment is located in a great neighborhood with lots of parks as well as good restaurants and cafés. Mel and Guy were extremely nice and helpful hosts. We strongly recommend this place.