Jingwei’s apartment works well as a short term rental. We were six people altogether, including two children. Having two rooms and three beds at this price-point, made the trip to Montreal doable for us. The furniture isn’t really kid friendly per-se, but it is IKEA-like, which means that I wasn’t terribly worried the kids were going to damage/ruin something. The beds were pretty good - they seem new and are quite firm, but we prefer this to worn-out and squishy.
The location is pretty good. Cote-de-Neige is a university area that is very diverse, and so features an eclectic mix of restaurants and stores, but nothing high-end. So if you enjoy eating food from around the world, that you can afford, this neighborhood Is great and convenient. You can take a short walk and arrive at Indian, Vietnamese, Irish, Middle-Eastern and fast food restaurants.
We drove to Montreal and we were mostly able to access street parking close by the apartment, which was great. The subway is also nearby but we didn’t have to rely on it.
From what we could tell, there may be the Canadian version of a housing project about a half mile northwest, which made Parc Martin Luther kind of a dodgy place to take the kids, but we found Parc Jean Brillant to be perfect!
The house is equipped with basic kitchen wares - plates, bowls, mugs, silverware and two pots/pans. There is a rice cooker, microwave and toaster oven. There is a nespresso machine - which is awesome - and you can buy some pods at the Walmart in Cote des Neiges (which is a CRAZY place). Otherwise, the kitchen was kind of minimally stocked, so I wouldn’t count on being able to cook a nice dinner in.
There were nice extras in the bathroom - shampoo, conditioner, toothbrushes.
My one frustration with the rental, and I did communicate this to Jingwei, is that the router didn’t work well. In order to have consistent internet, I had to plug directly into the modem, which is in a shed on the porch in back of the apartment. A new router will probably fix the issue.