4 of us spent 4 nights at Maple Leaf Suites Unit 1, in the middle of April based upon website description and location relative to the Podium sports arena.
I offer the following comments for those considering this property:
PROS:
1. The place was very clean!
2. Bathroom towels and bedroom linens were adequate.
3. Shower has good pressure and water was hot!
4. Yard was well fenced so pet(s) can't escape
CONS IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER:
1. Location was on an extremely busy street in an older neighborhood that didn't feel particularly safe. It appeared there was some sort of half-way house across the street (methadone clinic?) that had a steady stream of interesting characters going in and out. The neighborhood was not conducive to going out and walking the dog..
2. Poorly appointed kitchen. Very limited on pots and pans for cooking. There were 4 of us, so we had 4 each of plates, bowls, forks, spoons, table knives. Glassware consisted of 2 wine glasses and 4 beer glasses. Really?
3. Kitchen countertop vinyl was coming up and the trim strip was hanging loose which begged to be torn off, but we didn't dare as we feared being blamed for the damage.
4. No outdoor grill.
5. Un-level floors didn't allow for bedroom dresser drawers to stay closed. Simply leveling the dresser would have addressed that.
6. Sound proofing from upstairs unit virtually non-existent.
7. Bed in bedroom with mini-TV needs attention. Sounds and feels like a support may be broken.
8. Living room furniture is really unacceptable. Arrangement of furniture does not allow for comfortable TV viewing. This also could be easily amended.
9. Even though smoking is not allowed in the rooms, other tenants using the front porch to smoke weed and cigarettes at all hours isn't all that pleasant for those of us that don't smoke. By the way, I am not a prude about smoking.
We realize that the house is old and there are some things that even renovations can't fix (sound-proofing.) However, be aware that the pictures and description as advertised are very mis-leading. We booked this place through Hotels.com and I would've sent them this review as well, but found it virtually impossible to find a way to address them the review regardless of their prompts to do so. read more