The place is a tiny studio/bachelor suite on a 2nd floor (no elevator) in a busy street of mont royal. The location is great and very convenient as it's only 2 minutes walk from Mont Royal train station and there are many restaurants and stores nearby. The place is old and dated, so there isn't much noise isolation between the walls and the floors. The mattress is more firm than most hotels or Airbnbs we went to, but I prefer it this way. Kitchen is stocked with more items than usual, which was great for us.
I would not recommend this place for a light sleeper. During the weekday morning, there's noise and vibration from nearby construction. Weekend late nights are also noisy due to the music and crowd from the bar across the street. Also if you don't prefer homeless people being nearby, because they settle right in the corner which is steps away.
While we didn't have much interaction with the host, she was relatively responsive to our messages, replying within an hour typically. When we asked about how to control the heater in the room, she nicely had the building concierge provided us with a portable heater, in case the centralized heating wasn't warming the room enough.
There is a washer and dryer shared for the entire building. There is one each, and they cost $2 for the washer and $1.75 for the dryer B.eware that the dryer I believe is on high heat for the regular setting, so you may not need to dry your clothes for an entire hour.
I would definitely recommend it for people who like to go out and explore, could live with the surrounding noise and don't mind with the small space. This place is really convenient with the train and buses nearby, grocery stores, shops, restaurants and bars nearby!