After seeing Jean's listing, we were excited to stay at his place. He was very accommodating during the reservation that was booked a month prior to arrival and allowed us to bring our 10-year-old dog. Although the listing is nice there a few disappointing things.
1. We needed to prompt Jean for instructions on how to access the Airbnb a couple hours prior to arrival as we didn't hear from him.
2. The sofa in the Airbnb has seen better days (losts of wear) and there are several lights not working. There is also a loose step near the top that catches your foot when going down the stairs.
3. The backyard is very open and has little privacy. We had one neighbor stare at us the entire weekend while enjoying the outdoors.
4. The beds are not the most comfortable and move very easily. (we needed to move to a small room at one point)
5. The alley way was discussing. There were several back doors to restaurants in the alleyway. When we arrived on Friday there were large stacks of garbage bags and when we left on Monday they were still there and ripped open in the street.
6. The alleyway is noisy in the evening (especially Friday and Saturday)
We also had an awkward experience when checking out of the Airbnb. We stripped the bed, washed the towels and swept the floor before checking out early. I messaged Jean regarding the early checkout and did not hear from him until later in the evening. His message accused us of having extra people over as we had to use the second bed due to the discomfort of the first. He also accused us of leaving excessive dog fur in the house, which is not true as we swept before leaving.
We have stayed at may Airbnbs in Montreal and other places with no issues. Overall this experience was disappointing, (maybe we just have high expectations) but there are many other great Airbnb hosts in Montreal.