While I didn't get to meet Myriam in person, she was incredibly welcoming and helpful and accessible by email and text even though she was out of town. The apartment was really clean and nice, very true to the pictures. The neighborhood is absolutely fantastic, very abuzz with people, young, old, and families, much less touristy than Plateau and less hipster than Mile End. There's a beautiful vegetable garden on the corner with signs inviting people to pick what they like, an ice cream shop, a bakery with the best brioche raisin in MTL, a great coffee shop and restaurants, a chocolate shop, benches and areas, and outdoor concerts on the steps of the church! The apartment is a five minute walk to Marche Jean Talon and the heart of Little Italy, and either to the metro or the 55 bus that takes you downtown, as well as 10 minutes to the new places opening up in Mile-Ex.