Recently booked and stayed at Nour's place. Her intent was to hand me her keys in person, but my commute got woefully delayed and I lost the entire evening, she was still reachable by the building buzzer panel to unlock the lobby door and the keys were inside the apt. The apt is very bright and colorful, lots of sensual/cultural/fashionable touches. It is just like the pictures. It is a rather small apt. so if you are more used to not having walls 'seem' so in your face, this one will be noticeable.
The balcony is lenghty, runs the width of the apt if I recall, and (doesn't face any street), if I recall correctly,
a sort of swacourt yard garden to whereby 3 other condos worth of balconies all face, if you will.
The lobby and the hallway of the floor of the apt did not seem to have airconditioning for any of the days of my stay, so those temporary areas seem stuffy.
I guess that's the norm.
There didn't seem to be a doorperson either, there is no desk for such if I recall.
The apt. is so close to the Jazz music festival, you will hear music 11pm-midnight-1am,
and if you are in town for the festival, this apt and any apt a block to and from, is so very well situated.
There are other condo projects being worked on right now, so you will hear some construction sounds.
In possibly 3 years IMHO, this 1-2 block area
would be in full bloom.
What is also nice about this apt's location is it's very close the a subway stop if you need it,
and its pretty centrally situated whether you want to walk to downtown,
or if you want to walk toward milesend area (the farthest walk of course),
or chinatown area in the sense that you pretty much only need to walk in 1 direction, for any of the three I've mentioned.
Tim Horton's 24hr coffee location around the corner, love it. Also, the apt isn't too low a floor, and definitely isn't to high.
No evident noise from apt. neighbors during my stay, neither below, above, or on the same floor.
It's apparent Nour lives in this apt and it houses her materials (for those prospective guests
seeking a revolving rental, that this is empty, this does not appear to be).
She tried to offer to come by and visit me during my stay, but our schedules were off several times so it didn't happen.
All the appliances are in working order. Didn't find much in terms of soap, just a hand pump of foam soap.
(Other places I've stayed had extra units of dish washing supplies and general soaps).
Checking out was effortless.