Pictures look exactly like the apartment! Apartment is 15 minutes to metro station-Joliette station. It took us about/almost 2 hours to walk to downtown Montréal to visit Notre-Dame Basilica. The train system is easy to navigate and cheap. You may need to transfer between lines depending on where you’re going. The people at information centers as well as the train station are very nice and helpful. One trip is $3.25 and an all day pass is $10. Can’t beat that! The street where the apartment is seems to house a mix of people. Young, middle age, older, young family units, etc. The street itself is very quiet but the neighborhood appears to be a bit up and coming. Rue st. Catherine has homeless people hanging around who come up to your car asking for money. Rue Ontario-past the “metro” supermarket also has some shady looking folks and homeless people. Be careful if you are walking with young kids. The homeless will approach you unexpectedly. The number of shady looking folks or homeless was not large but enough to make you uneasy. Walking from the metro station or even the stores on Rue Ontario was fine even at night times. I would not have walked on rue st. Catherine at night or even during the day. Street Parking was available. There was one night we had to circle around 4-5 times before finding a spot but we eventually did. The stairs up to the apartment are steep and spiral. If you suffer from vertigo or anything similar, going up and down the stairs may be a challenge. Clean, modern and has everything one might need! The fridge, the dishwasher, the washer and dryer, comfortable and spacious beds, comfortable pillows (although too soft for my personal preference) and comfy down comforter, the toiletries, the skylight in the bathroom, the espresso machine, the flat screen TVs in each room all programmed with live TV as well Netflix and 2 balconies... what else can you want?! Just to not be scare by the cleaner when he shows up unannounced and almost causes us a heartache, to have under the beds vacuum for dust and to not come back to an apartment filled with the scent of cannabis! Overall, the apartment is a great value.