Pluses and minuses to share.
* The apartment is located in a great neighborhood, not touristy, great restaurants, convenient to so many other parts of the city.
* Place was clean, easy to access, and self check-in was a breeze.
*One caution: St. Denis is a major road and the noise at night is pretty intense for anyone sleeping in the front room. This was not pointed out in the listing. First night was pretty hellacious for me, honestly. Has to move into a back room.
* If you come in the summer, be aware that there is one small, loud AC for the entire apartment and it doesn’t cool the place adequately. Hopefully ownership will upgrade this.
* Air flow isn’t great. Only one window with a screen.
* Surprise: one roll of TP and none others in any cabinet anywhere. Has to purchase.
* Small inconvenience, quickly remedied: four of us were confirmed for the stay but they left us towels for two only. Ownership has two additional sets delivered, considerately left in hallway.
* Washer and dryer are in apartment but dryer inoperable because the start/stop button is missing. Again, I assume this will be remedied.
Overall, there is a growing trend in AirBnB property ownership away from private ownership / personal attention towards ownership groups / automated responses. Not my favorite. I’ve used AirBnB all over the US, Europe, Japan and Israel and the best experiences I’ve had by far are those in which an actual person connects with me at some point.
I am generally a positive reviewer and not a high maintenance, complainy kind of person. My family and I were basically satisfied with this place. That said, I would try another one if we ever return to Montréal.