My stay was okay although I have a lot of feedback to share. I was told the unit was soundproof but it is not. Having a peaceful sleep is one of the most important factors in me booking a place, so it was extremely disappointing that I was woken up almost every night, multiple times a night by hearing people talking and hearing the tv in other units until 5am many nights. I specifically asked upon booking if the place was soundproof and was told it was well built. It's clearly a wood-built building and not concrete and definitely not soundproof if you are a light sleeper.
I had to buy a lot of things that in my opinion I should not have had to of bought when I am paying a premium for staying for a month. There was only one garbage bag for me to use to last me a month, so I had to go buy a box. There was not any counter cleaner or tub cleaner (I had to buy both as the counters has some marks and the bathtub had soap scum upon my arrival), there was only enough dish soap to last me a few days (so I had to buy that too). There was nothing for me to clean the floors with. Only two rolls of paper towel to last me a month so I had to go buy more of that too. Not enough toilet paper too. Not enough laundry soap to last me the month so I had to go buy more of that. No windex for the mirror. There was only a dirty sponge to wash dishes with and I don't use sponges to wash my dishes because they harbour bacteria. So I had to go out and buy my own dish clothes. It's silly for me to go buy a package of garbage bags and all these cleaning supplies because a normal traveller isn't going to bring this stuff back in our suitcases and only a little will be used. Two body towels isn't enough towels otherwise you have to keep paying to doing laundry every few days (I wash my towels after only a few uses) which has been costly.
The door hand fell off the fridge the first time I opened it. I never bothered to ask her to fix it as I had valuables in my unit but there's no way a house cleaner couldn't have noticed it as it falls down every time you open the fridge.
The house was also not very clean upon arriving. Further to what I mentioned above, the glass table across the island had dust everywhere. Dust was all underneath the bathroom sink cabinet. I dropped water on the kitchen floor so I wiped the floor with a wet paper towel and the paper towel got all dirty, meaning I don't think the floors were washed. The low water pressure in the kitchen sink makes it very time consuming to do dishes (there's no dishwasher).
The host advised that I should be able to get free parking close by. I was able to get free parking most nights, I just had to park 1-3 blocks away each night pending availability. Sometimes I got lucky and got a spot out front. Then St. Laurent street got closed down for 10 days for pedestrian traffic for an event. She didn't advise this event was going on and I had no idea this event was going on as I was visiting montreal. Then it became almost impossible to get parking, which resulted in me getting one ticket because I misread a sign when I parked several blocks away.
Upon providing my feedback, Nikki offered to reimburse me $100 for my cleaning supply costs. I was late to reply back to her to accept that but since then I have I have not heard back to receive that so I am not sure if she is going to send that through. Since today is my last day to review I am leaving my review as is as I have not been compensated to what I feel is fair for the issues that I mentioned.
In short, this stay fell short of what I was expecting and led to believe, especially after I paid so much to be here for an entire month.