According to my own experience, I did not like my residence at Fred’s apartment.
Pros:
A lot of coffee, a fully equipped kitchen and bathroom, a clean house, and a nice host.
Cons:
Very very very bad neighbors upstairs. They made our experience so terrible… They made much noise any time… after midnight, during the day, disturbing my baby/family's sleep and giving us hard time. Fred talked to them twice but there were no remarkable changes with the fire alarm turning on at 1:00 AM, saying bad words just in front of our main door (which is 4 feet away from our bed lol) day after day, their dog which spent much time next to our door barking (which is 2 feet away from the neighbor’s door) and their loud music after midnight as they sing and dance on the wooden roof up…etc. I discovered later on that the suite upstairs did not have a main door up and that explains the high noises we hear all time, a doorless suite lol. I talked to Fred and sent him videos and pictures but no remarkably big changes and they were there till the day we left (we checked out one day before our due date).
Many expired products like wipes and hot chocolate powder.
Not much space for storage, so not suitable for long stays with luggage.
Not calm with snowplows working a few feet away from our window at night, you can easily hear the chats of those walking in front of your window as well as the cars. The basement is in front of the street just 1 meter away from it. So, if you prefer calm stays, this is not the one for with semi-trucks, cars, and chatting people in front of your window.
Not a baby-friendly space at all. The baby could easily get to utensils.
We experienced water leaks for some days and hated that the host had to show up many times. He had to enter twice just to fix something for those who live upstairs. It seemed that the units’ controlling system was downstairs and the only wait to get to it is through our unit. Fred was insisting to go in one time when I was not home as he needed to fix something ‘urgent’ for our golden neighbors and that couldn’t wait and I was obliged to allow him to go in even though I hate someone going to my place when I am not there.
The dryer needs around 6 hours and sometimes more to get the clothes dry and sometimes they are not fully dry. Spending all those hours in a dryer, the clothes were never in a good shape.
On cold days, the hot water completely stops in the shower and toilet tanks will not be filled. In that case you need to turn on the sink water and keep it running which will only produce hot water to fill in the toilet tank and you may also take a shower with only hot water if you are spiderman. That water issue affected also the washer and dishwasher and you have to do the same to keep them working. When mentioning that the hot water is not working in the shower to Fred, he responded that this was because of the cold weather…..but I do not really care. I paid for full service so I had to find what I paid for.
Mentioning that there is free street parking is not correct as there is nothing to prove that as far as I looked. Double checking that with Fred one day before checking in he explained that it is free only for a limited time. Even if it was free as he said, you will rarely find an available spot at night. Check the full description of the apartment to get the details. Fred suggested parking in a school’s parking spot, but I couldn’t really afford to pay for such a parking ticket so I had to take a nice tour on a cold night looking for a hidden place to park the car I rented and was worried the whole time that it may be towed.
The TV quality was bad and its sound was awful, you need to turn on the external speaker to get a good sound, the TV system was heavy and the remote control was too slow…finding a movie or reaching YouTube took much time than expected.
Still, Fred was a nice guy, responsive but the suite did not suit us at all.
Videos and pictures are available upon request.