First the good: The house is very interesting with an offbeat décor. Think Greek palace – lots of marble and many pretty touches. It is located in a good quiet neighborhood and can be a good base from which to see Montreal. The host, is a very easy fellow to reach and was always polite and helpful. Now for the not so good: Notwithstanding other far more positive (summer time) reviews that drew us to rent the home, the house was given to us in a state of uncleanliness and general disrepair. I'm sure the host thinks we are picky renters but I'd insist that we are not - certainly no other aribnb host has ever suggested that we were among those who see problems when there are none. But we do expect that the homes we rent be (i) clean and (ii) fully functional unless we are told about the problems beforehand. Maybe it’s because we were renting in the middle of the winter instead of the summer but the home was unprepared for our visit. It wasn't immediately apparent when we walked in - except for the fridge mentioned below, the house looks very much like its pictures. But after we spent a few hours there, the following was revealed: All of the bathroom doors (sliding) were off their tracks and could not properly close or open (which made for uncomfortable moments). A number of shower doors needed to be realigned and would not close all the way leading to lots of flooded bathroom floors. None of the toilet bowls were clean; all had sediment and other stains in them. The oven was uncleaned - actually filthy; kitchen backstops were greasy. (The host claims he uses a cleaning service and I believe him - but if so, they did a terrible job.) Dust was everywhere and there was a smell of mildew in the kitchen (probably from the broken fridge). One half of a refrigerator in the kitchen was not working and a large replacement fridge was unattractively parked in the corner of the formal dining room (and even though I'm sure i still would have rented, it was inappropriate to fail to disclose that to us ahead of time). The washer leaked badly when we used it and created a puddle on the mudroom floor. The house has an indoor spa – it was the main reason we rented the house in the winter. Unfortunately, the spa would only heat to a preset temperature (which was way too cool) and was therefore hardly used by us. A few days into our stay, the host sent a handyman to address the problems but (i) he could only fix one shower door - none of the other important items mentioned, and (ii) who wants to supervise a handyman while on vacation? The worst part was simply that this was one of the most expensive rentals in Montreal. We were happy to pay more than a thousand dollars a night...