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Great Spot as "home base" in the city.
Great Spot as "home base" in the city.
We stayed for two weeks, which included Christmas & New Years.
Overall we very much enjoyed our stay & we would certainly stay again & recommend it to friends/family.
First the Good/Great things:
The location was great for our purposes, with a grocery store & pub within easy walking distance.
Central Area / Great Road Access for getting all over Calgary. Which was the purpose of our stay - visiting friends & family all over the city.
The entire place was very clean & well kept, both inside the unit & outside.
The beds & bedding were very comfortable, inviting looking too.
Towels & other linens were lovely with plenty available.
The artwork, decor & general appearance of the suite was great, talk about an ad for Ikea ;-) Liked the "Hip Cow Town" Art!
The entire place seemed spacious & uncrowded.
The people upstairs are very friendly & polite without seeming at all nosy.
We are not extreme party people (but it WAS the holidays) for our small gatherings it was a comfortable place to host, & as we kept it quiet-ish there were no issues.
They had a nice selection of kitchen spices & food basics, which we didn't utilize but we appreciated the thought.
We certainly loved having coffee cream there for our first morning & enjoyed the experience of the tassimo. Nice Extra!
There is a little stereo set up which we enjoyed being able to slip our Ipods onto.
There is a great spot for setting up your laptop & the internet access was great.
The two times we had minor requests/issues (needed a roaster for cooking a ham & a later stove malfunction) they handled it very quickly and pleasantly!
The rest: (only some people might find these to be issues) it depends on what you need / are looking for / wanting to do!
It is a basement suite in a 4plex building, but unless you look out the windows it doesn't feel like a basement suite.
It isn't a holiday resort of course, so there is no pool or hot tub, no fireplace (gas or wood) for cozy winter nights, no nice bathtub for soaking, no candles for romance, no balcony or outside seating for suite use or any resort-like extras.
There seemed to be an issue with the cable - very few channels available.
The kitchen had nice dishes, but seemed a bit sparse for 6 people (we were only two) but we found several things missing we would have liked to have had for cooking meals. Perhaps they haven't been renting long & they seem willing to improve, so issue may be solved soon as we emailed a list of suggestions!
Owner's Response: This guest sent us a list of some things they felt the kitchen could use like a sugar bowl, kitchen scissors, a butter dish etc. We have purchased everything on their list. We have also upgraded the cable as we had not realized that Telus had mistakenly set us up on the lower package. There now is full HD cable with extra sports, news and entertainment channels.
Helpful votes: 1/1
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