The apartment was as nice as pictured. It was clean. The kitchen and bathroom are stocked with some amenities (soap, shampoo, utensils and some pots and pans to cook a basic meal). It was quiet.
Location is fantastic, close to Old Montreal and not far from downtown. Walking distance to many bars, restaurants and attractions.
Communication with the host was far from seamless. A week prior to our check-in date, I asked about the possibility of parking and only received an answer the day before just saying parking was available in the building with no details. Day of check-in, I messaged the host multiple times and even tried calling the number supplied in the check-in information and the voicemail was full.
A half hour before check-in I finally got the parking information; at which point, I had already figured out which parking arcade was the right one (driving around for 45 minutes since the streets are all one way and asking people - the arcade is shared with the hotel next door and is not obvious). It would have been a nice touch if parking information had been supplied beforehand so we could have parked and enjoyed an additional few hours in Montreal as check-in is what I consider late at 5 pm.
Not sure, why as soon as I asked about parking why the information was not immediately supplied.
One of the hosts came to bring a parking pass at check-in. At that point if I hadn’t found the right arcade I would have paid for parking on my own which is expensive in this part of town since you can’t check-in without parking the car.
As a side note, the additional fee for parking charged by the hosts is well worth it.
In retrospect, maybe we should have just paid for parking elsewhere and enjoyed an additional half day but with our luggage it would have been complicated.