This is such a lovely house. And it's just so amazing that it is Alain's primary place of residence that he shares with people.. just wow! And everything's so clean and fancy, we loved it! My family consists of myself, my wife, daughter aged 11 and son aged 5. Below are some quick notes for future residents:
- Well equipped kitchen with a lot of plates (different sizes), bowls, forks, spoons, spatulas, knives, cutting boards etc. and spices that Alain was kind enough to let us use (who wants to carry salt and pepper!)
- 1 very comfortable queen bed in one room, and the kids room had a bunk bed with a twin mattress on top and a smaller mattress (big enough for our 5yo) at the bottom.
- There're enough outlets to plug in your electronics
- TV comes with Apple TV (Netflix ready to use). You can use a spare HDMI port if you bring your own chromecast and/or something that requires an HDMI cable
- Sonos speaker in the living room. Download the app on your phone and stream music to it, lovely to wake up and put on some music and have another playlist (jazz anyone?) when the kids have gone to bed and you're relaxing with your SO and a glass of wine
- Dimmers in every room to set the mood just right
- One airconditioner that - at first glance - doesn't seem like it'd be up to the job but it's a solid workhorse and does the job really well in cooling the entire house quickly.
- Location of the house is just simply awesome.. close to all the cool places and restaurants without being smack in the middle of downtown. Very quiet and very safe neighbourhood.
Some points just to be aware of:
- Street parking - we found a spot each night but certain times you may only find a place farther off (still within walkable distance most times)
- Microwave: there isn't one. We were fine with heating stuff on the stove (it's a gas stove so everything heats at lightning speed) but just pointing this out.