We were guests at Brian and Valerie’s rental apartment from October 2 – October 7, 2017. This was an entire apartment that we rented for ourselves. We did not have the most positive overall experience there. Let me begin with the positives about our stay: · The apartment was large, spacious, and clean. · Brian was usually very responsive to our questions and messages and requests, both before and during our stay. · The apartment is situated in a fantastic location, about half a block away from the vibrant Monkland Village. And now, for the negatives about our stay: · We were shocked, upon our arrival, to find that there was no television set included in this apartment. When we asked Brian about this, he pointed out that there is nothing mentioned in his Airbnb listing about the apartment having a TV set. We now realize that this is true, and we will be more careful when we vet Airbnb rentals in the future. However, with every Airbnb rental that we have had in the past, there was always a TV included, even if not specifically mentioned in the listing. In this day and age, if an Airbnb apartment is to be competitive with hotels, I would expect that there would be a TV set included in the rental, it’s as basic as a refrigerator these days. Otherwise, I would expect the Airbnb listing to specifically mention that there was no television set provided in the apartment. To his credit, Brian did offer us a computer monitor, so that we could try to hook it up to our iPhone or our iPad, in order to connect to Netflix. However, we were lacking the necessary wires to do so (and we were unwilling to pay close to $100 for these wires which would only be needed for 5 nights), we found ourselves unable to truly relax and enjoy the living room, which was otherwise very comfortable in this apartment. · Also, upon our arrival, Brian informed us that there would be repair work done to the toilet and to the bathroom sink on one day, a few days into the middle of our stay. He didn’t really ask us if this would be ok, so much as inform us that this work was going to be done. We did not appreciate being inconvenienced during our stay, nor given much of a say in the matter. We felt as though this repair work could easily have been done after we had checked-out for good, while working around and between his customers’ Airbnb stays. · There were two beds in this apartment. In the bedroom, there was a Murphy-bed. We slept in this bed the first night. The bed didn’t stop squeaking for the entire night, and the mattress was way too hard, too firm, and too uncomfortable. So, from the next day onwards, we slept in the day-bed at nighttime, which was a sofa in the living room that pulled out into...