A decent stay, we love Montreal and this was our third time coming back.
Pros:
Location was great for us (early 20-something young adults). Loads of bars & restaurants and super close to clubs, very bumping street and the bar under the apartment was so much fun to go to. Also awesome thrift and vintage stores all along the street and adjacent street too which were so awesome to have easy access to.
Heating in unit was much appreciated given that it’s an older apartment and Montreal was soooo cold the weekend we went.
It’s a very big/spacious apartment! It can comfortably accommodate 6+ people thanks to all the pull out beds.
Cons:
Hygiene. Honestly this was a surprising problem since the unit looked so clean via photos but we had a few problems with the cleanliness of the apartment. Wet rotting garbage (from previous renters I suppose) was kept in the back of kitchen so the smell wafted into the apartment and left a funky/unpleasant odour in the unit the whole stay. The sheets in the main bedroom bed smelled like sweat/body odour which was not the most pleasant to sleep in. There were also issues with the bathtubs clogged drain where dirt and other debris would be chucked back up after each shower (until the drain was finally unclogged on our second-last day of our stay).
Light/Brightness of Unit: a surprisingly dark unit. A few ceiling light fixtures were broken or missing bulbs, and many of the lamps were not that bright so overall the apartment was quite low light. Would have been nice to have brighter light in the apartment since it doesn’t get lots of natural light in half of the apartment .