Balfour House

The location and the backyard garden. That was it.

The cleanliness, the quality of the mattress, the quality of furniture - broken knobs, permanently dirty, out-dated decor. The house was dark, musty and creepy overall.

It was less than a minute from transit.

It smelled musty, moldy, old, and very very cold. They had the heating system on a timer. During the day it was icy cold, during the evening it was blistering hot that you ended up with a nose bleed, then sometime in the middle of the night the heat went off again. The bathroom was icy cold, I do not like a room that is so cold you can see your breath when you want to take a shower. The toilet room was separate from the shower room but the hallways the bathrooms were icy cold. Not a very inviting place. I am glad for my family emergency and my time was cut short. But they still charged me the full rate even though the advertisement said that I could cancel without charge at any time.

Spacious and clean room Comfortable bed Private bathroom 15min walk from Skytrain station Close to a grocery store

Room was very cold with the windows leaking heat Initially only a small noisy portable heater was available After raising the issue with the host, it took a couple of days before 2 properly functioning heaters were provided.

Clean

NO HEAT !! It is a freezing cold old house with no heat. They give you a tiny little space heater, no light in bathroom. Absolutely no staff, haven't seen anyone since I checked in. To pay they expect you to write your visa card on a piece of paper and "leave it out" mine was out for two days but this is super uncomfortable because you have no idea who else is here