Alex was a wonderful host, communicated promptly and articulately, made it easy to get make ourselves at home, and provided a clean, brightly lit, and elegantly furnished space to serve as our headquarters in Montreal. The location was good for us (we're a fan of the Plateau neighborhood), and was central to the spots we wanted to go, sat right on a convenient major street, and did it all without being touristy or too busy. I highly recommend.

One thing I'd note, though. I've noticed many Montreal hosts tend to list their spaces as having free parking, when in fact they're counting street parking as "free parking." I think it's a slight cultural miscommunication, nothing more--I typically take that to imply parking on the premises. We had no trouble finding parking by the park on the block directly behind the apartment. (It was, indeed, free.)