Helene is a warm and friendly host with a great apartment! We stayed for 6 weeks. We loved the layout of the apartment - there was nice room for gathering in the kitchen/dining room, and three bedrooms with doors that closed for privacy. This is a GREAT neighborhood. I loved that it is one block away from the commercial street that contained 2 fabulous bakeries, many little grocery stores/frutteries, hardware stores, a nice selection of restaurants, and a park where they showed movies once a week and held yoga outside once a week. The bixi station is conveniently located kitty corner from the apartment and we used the bixi bikes almost everyday. The apartment is very clean and updated, with eclectic fun decor. Little touches that I loved were: the cozy comforters on the beds, the electric tea pot, the press pot for coffee (there is a regular coffeemaker too), the spiral staircase in the back and the super quiet washer/dryer. Helene was always ready to help us if we had questions or needed something. I cannot recommend her place enough!!! I already miss her.