We stayed here for three months so this review is likely not going to be relevant to someone that just wants to spend a weekend here. I’ll start with the good:
* Perfect location. We are locals but if you’re visiting Montreal it literally doesn’t get better than this, especially if you’re a foodie.
* Although we had many issues over the stay, the team did try to solve most of them. We could easily have been abandoned and thankfully this didn’t happen.
* Lots of space to easily fit two families, or a very large one, or a group of friends.
* Amazing balcony and outdoor space
* Modern and clean look
* Blazing fast Internet downstairs
Some small things to be aware of, that didn’t matter to us but might affect some stays:
* There’s no elevator and it’s a long flight of stairs in a thin corridor to go all the way up. Older people or those with disabilities should be aware.
* You’re in a bursting fun location, so things can get loud if that bothers you.
* You’re on a big street, so lots of truck and other traffic noises if that bothers you.
* A vape shop is on the ground floor, if you have issues with that.
* There used to be ample parking, but due to COVID Montreal has removed most parking spots in the area. For short term stays you can’t get away with street parking, but long term it may be frustrating.
These things were all OK with us.
Finally, some parts that didn’t go so well:
* For the first two weeks we simply did not have working AC. It took many visits from many technicians to eventually get things working. To the credit of the owners, they did spend a lot of time and money getting everything to work — they had recently renovated and we were their first guests I believe.
* Another big issue is that there had just been a flood at check-in that they had painted over. On our second month, Montreal had a lot of rain, and the same spot flooded again. It was again painted over. On our last week, it rained hard, and a bit of rain spilled again. I feel there’s some missing insulation and if the water damage is just being painted over, mold could grow. This is in the downstairs bedrooms.
* At check-in, the upstairs apartment had not been fully cleaned — bedsheets were sweaty and towels dirty.
* There was no microwave at all, I asked for one to be added. This seemed like a big miss.
* No coffee machine, had to buy one. For this price, one should be there, it’s 79$...
* Great space for a BBQ behind — we bought one. Again something to probably include by default.
* Upstairs Internet uses the downstairs, so we bought a much better router to make it work for us, otherwise the signal wasn’t great.
* Downstairs shower missing the handle to switch between rain shower and hand shower — we asked for one but never received it.
Overall the owners are mostly communicative and they mean well and want this to be a great place. I think for a shorter duration stay and for future stays, things would go much better. We spent a total of $50,000.00 here so obviously had high expectations and needs for a 3 month stay.