Facts:
1. The AC is not working on the first day of our stay. However, the check-in time is 4 pm so although we report to the host right after we stepped into the apartment, the building manager's office is closed. Staff from the building came on the second day at 9 am to fix that for us.
2. The blind CAN NOT block the sun at all. (P.S. The sunrise time in Winnipeg in May is around 5:30 am)
3. Only two rolls of toilet paper, and two sets of shampoo, body wash, and body lotion (each of them is 30ml ) for three people booked for 14 days.
4. Only pepper, salt, and a few coffee capsules in the kitchen for you to use.
5. Pans and pots in the kitchen are in bad condition. The only two bakeware are dirty.
6. The apartment is on the first floor and each window is facing the parking lot directly. The apartment is very close to the parking lot (by close I mean you can literally jump out of the balcony and you will be in the parking lot)
7. The window did not block any sound from people talking in the parking lot or starting the car engine sort of noise.
Comment:
The blind is ridiculous and unless you love to wake up at 5:30 am after you had a long flight, you may want to prepare your own curtain. The AC did not work at the very first moment when we checked in. The management company said they have checked the apartment before we checked in. I am not sure about that but we end up having to buy two fans to survive that warm night at the end of May. The earliest checking time is 4 pm, while the building management office is closed. So if your apartment has any problem after check-in, you will have to suck it up for at least one day, and you can wake up early the next morning for someone to fix that for you. Very bad choice for staying if you are exhausted from having a long trip to the city. The bed is not comfortable for both bedrooms, but I assume this is very personal, maybe someone finds that perfect. You cannot really cook anything with these pots and pans, and not to mention you only have salt and pepper. As the apartment is very close to the parking lot, so all the noise that comes from the parking lot is also another reason to wake you up and enjoy the sunshine at 5:30 am (which is very very bad). We end up having terrible sleep every night. They expect you to prepare everything by yourself, not a good choice for staying in the city for the short term. For the price that they are charging, absolutely not worth it. People who run this apartment, clearly never stay at the apartment for a night.
The place does look the same as they are shown in the photos, and it is clean. The sofa in the living room is comfortable. However, the whole experience is one of the worst for me. I will not stay in any apartment run by this management company again, as they did not try to make the Airbnb to feels like home for their guest, almost like they are running a 3 stars hotel, not an Airbnb, and they did not provide anything more than a 3 stars hotel anyway.