We enjoyed our 5-night stay here. I would return and would recommend for others. However, I was disappointed that I didn’t know some of the following things in advance, which hadn’t appeared in any reviews at the time that I booked.
We didn’t interact much with the host. Checking in and out was easy. The front door to the building uses a key located in a lockbox, while the door to the Airbnb uses a key code with your telephone number.
The Airbnb is located in a small building with several other Airbnbs. The apartment is stylish and located on a quiet street in a cute neighborhood. The neighborhood has great walking paths with lots of trees and is near restaurants, bars, convenience stores, and the parks. The bedrooms and bathrooms are spacious, while the kitchen is very small. We didn’t cook much, so that was fine. There is a sandwich shop at the corner that’s great for healthy breakfasts. Both bedrooms have a Smart TV and two sets of curtains that do a good job of blocking out the light.
The living room doesn’t have any windows and the the whole apartment is a little dark. I imagine that this does have the benefit of keeping the apartment cooler. The bathroom showers are amazing — just make sure to keep the bathroom windows closed while you are running hot water. The hot water heater is located on the patio directly below the bathroom windows. When you start using hot water, it emits a foul odor that can travel into the bathroom and linger. It was convenient to have a washer/dryer, though the total time for one load is 4 hours since it is a 2-in-1. We didn’t use the patio much, but it was nice to have.
The apartment was reasonably quiet most of the time (remember that you’re in the largest city in North America). The windows all appear to be single pane. The front room facing the street gets some road noise, so we used ear plugs and a fan for white noise. We could hear footsteps and a child crying coming from the unit above us. Sometimes when the adjacent unit used water, the sound of water running through the pipes was very loud. The pipes are located in the wall right next to where you lay your head in the master bedroom. Lastly, the Airbnb is located directly next to a bar, which appears to be open only on Saturdays till 2 am — that night was very loud with music, singing, and shouting.