We spend 3 three days in this groundfloor apartment and we partly share the prior reviews.
We like to begin with the positive aspects: the apartment is situated in a calm neighbourhood and is really close to the city center. We always went by bike (bixi), station of bixi is close, too.
There is even a supermarket just a few minutes by car. We had our private parking lot next to the apartment which was great to have!
The kitchen is well equipped (even salt/pepper and other herbs are provided), so you can cook your own meals.
The communication with „Home in Montreal“ was easy and really friendly!
Unfortunately the apartment was not that great like we expected from the description and the pictures. The rooms are pretty dark because there is less daylight than the pictures represent (the lights are all on).
The predominant wooden furniture is more old than modern and some pieces are getting a bit long in the tooth and should be replaced, for example the table outside, the floor in the bathroom and the sofa which is not comfy at all.
For us the cleanliness is the most important aspect. The apartment was cleaned , but it was not spotless. There are strange spots (mold or dirt?) in the shower, so we only used the bathtub (which was big and great, by the way!!!). The corners of the dark green bathroom floor were always wet (before we used the bathroom), could be an indicator for mold, too, and there we lots of spiders.
The mirror in the bathroom is only good for short people.
We were really disappointed about the backyard because it wasn‘t well-tended. We did not use the bbq because it was dirty and the furniture was less than basic. There haven‘t been sun-chairs like the pictures showed before.
In the mornings (between 7-9 am) and in the evenings (until 11:30pm) it was very noisy from upstairs. You can hear every single step and the person upstairs walked around a lot. That‘s part of a wooden floor, but sensitive people should know that before booking here.
After booking you get 4 sheets of information about the apartment which is helpful on the one hand. On the other hand we were a little scared and irritaded of all the dos and don‘ts indicated in the info. We stayed in so many airbnb-apartments around the world, but this pre-information does‘nt give you a good pre-feeling of being welcome, more a feeling of living in a very special and expensive apartment of glass in which you should not move or touch anything. And when we got there, we thought: why all these rules for this „normal“ apartment?