Claire is a lovely woman and her basement studio apartment is wonderful. The place looks exactly like the pictures and is clean to a fault. Claire meets you at check-in and shows you where everything is. She also provides cereal, coffee, tea, and stocks the fridge with water, cheese, eggs, milk, juice, bread and more. The street is a very quiet residential street of well kept homes. I chose this area of Montreal, because I had to get on the road early and drive straight to work and want to be close to the Mercier Bridge. I didn't go downtown on this visit, but I'm guessing it's about a 1/2 hour drive. There are lots of restaurants, and shopping nearby and if you like Falafel, the place is 10 minutes from Falafel St. Jacques. There is street parking, but if you come back late and can't find a spot you can park in the driveway.