When we first arrived, we were disappointed with the look of the exterior of property and immediate surrounding area, but after that everything got better and better. We learned after walking tonnes of miles around the city that the areas all look the same, a little tired. Being from the UK we didn't really expect to see this.
But once we were there 24hrs, we had been to Sam James coffee across the street and boubon smoke house for dinner (also across the street). We'd walked in and out of downtown with pram and 2 kids and the charm of harbord st. Really shone through. It takes just less than an hour to walk to can tower and about 30mins to walk to bloor shopping district. The street car (tram) is easy, just hop on and pay a single fare on the car itself using cash or card.
It's a great little pad, excellent location for the money, stylish, modern, has some superficial imperfections like a fair bit of plumbing on show in the bathroom, but it's awesome and we loved it.
We travelled there from the UK with our 2 young kids, I'd say it's not really suitable for under 4's because of the skewed landing at the top of the stairs, basmatee did warn us and it was fine for us as our kids are well trained and I blocked the hallway with the pram. Basmatee was excellent and responded to our questions very fast and efficiently.
You can just about see the CN tower from the front window!
Stay there you'll love it!