We stayed only one night in Philippe’s apartment and it was dark and pouring rain when we went out at night to find something to eat. It was hard to judge the neighborhood based on this, but the recommendations seemed to be a little further away - definitely glad we had a car - especially in bad weather. Side note unrelated to the apartment, locating parking on the street around the city was not easy.
About the apartment. It was clean and what would be described as sparse. On a cold, rainy night it didn’t have any cozy features. It’s a good, basic stop. We needed to run the dryer and fold towels (and sheets) in order to have some for our showers. The shower hot water made a very loud noise when fully engaged, but otherwise was fine.
If we were staying longer, I’m not sure we would choose this place, but it was completely fine for our overnight in Montreal.