Clean, safe, and great location. Everything is as pictured and descried in the listing. Such great value for all we got!
I communicated with Linh who is presumably the other property owner. She was a very responsive and accommodating host. We asked if we could check-in earlier and she made accommodations to allow us to do that. The garbage bin was full and garbage collection was not scheduled during our stay so they came by to empty the bin so it's available for us to dispose of our garbage. Washer and dryer is not usually available for stays less than a week, but yen and linh made it available to our family. There was also easy driveway parking for our car which was great being in the city.
Location was pretty accessible to the downtown core. We were a block from the street car and bus stops. We took street car up to the heart of the beaches where the Queen St. E ended,. bought tokens at the corner store a block from the house. Grocery store Loblaws & Fresh Co were 4-5 minute drive as was a Starbucks and Tim Hortons. Picked up burgers from The Burger Priest (a local burger chain) which was 2-3 blocks from the house. Downtown to get to the sights CN Tower, Aquarium, etc. was generally 20 minutes in typical traffic.
The house is clean and pretty much stocked with what you would need. It's a full kitchen so we were able to do some minor cooking, but if we wanted to cook bigger meals there were pots/pans and utensils available to us.
This is a family friendly property. There was a playroom, which was perfect for our 4-year old twins! The stairs to the second floor is kind of steep, but that was pictured in the listing, so we took extra care to make sure our kids were careful or we walked them up/down. The house was also down the block from a park with a playground, which we took advantage of.
These are not dealbreakers for us, but want to note if it may be for others just to help manage expectations and as a service to the AirBnB community as I know I rely on reviews to help make my decision. The exterior looks a bit older, but I think that's the case with most properties in the area. As another reviewer noted, it is on a busy street so the two main rooms can hear some of the street traffic, but it really was not bad in the early morning or overnight. We did bring a noise machine as we use that to help drown out any exterior noises. It is on the corner, so having the residential side street was nice to pull up to instead of double parking in front during super busy rush-hour times. There is not much counter space in main bathroom to really do hair/make-up, so either used the half bath downstairs or set things on the floor of second bath to make it work. The shower head may be too low for taller people. It was just fine for us the tallest in our group is 5'9". Someone taller may have to crouch down a bit so their head is under the shower head.
We'd stay here again. Thanks again to Linh and Yen for making our stay so wonderful!