The apartment is very well located in the Plateau neighborhood, near public transportation, parks, and lots of great restaurants. It's also right above the most delicious bagel bakery in all Montreal! The only trade-off re: location is that the noise from the neighboring bars can be pretty excessive and go until 2-3 AM on the weekends. So just be mindful of that if you have light sleepers. Martin and Eric took great care of us, and even went out of their way to bring by a thoughtful gift when the apartment had an unexpected (but relatively minor) water leak.