Overall we loved our time at Anita's. It was close to downtown. Only 30 minutes by transit and you were in the heart of it all. A short Uber ride ($5) to west side restaurants and bars to indulge our party sides. So yes as for location you couldn't ask for better.
Plenty of space for 7 of us. Could probably handle 8 comfortably but 9 that would be pushing it. Provided two and a half baths for 7 girls, essential!!
Had most of what you need for cooking in house as we had breakfast every day at the duplex. Grocery store 2 minute walk away! Place is exactly as pictured! Decor is lovely and cozy after a day of seeing the sights. We suggest guests bring slippers as tiles in basement are very cold. When there are guests in the unit upstairs which Anita also rents it can be a bit loud on the first floor of this unit.
The night lights in the basement are also ultrasonic pest repellers. They emit a subtle beep that if you are sleeping on the futon may disturb you. They may have been recently installed as there seemed to be tiny worms throughout our stay coming out of the walls in the basement. But usually that happens when they are first installed. It is good they seem to be proactively dealing with issues and honestly they were harmless.
It is a pretty secure unit with alarms, locks and coded entry. You feel pretty safe. The street itself feels pretty safe but Uber drivers did warn us that two blocks away was a park that we shouldn't venture as it was a hot bed for drug deals. Actually when first arriving during the day we were offered drugs in the parking lot across from the unit. When walking to the subway we did also run into some interesting characters and decided to switch our route the next time. After that we had no problems! The bus stop is right outside the door so you dont need to worry about walking into interesting characters. At night we normally took Uber or cabs door to door or walked to the bus stop or store in groups. Again the street itself felt safe and we all felt safe during our time there but as one Uber driver said, the area has been up and coming since the 90s. And it's still coming...