Frequently Asked Questions.

Q. What area is covered by your list?
A. Our service covers Vancouver's West End area between Robson Street and English Bay and Burrard Street and Stanley Park.

Q. Is the apartment information you provide 100% accurate?
A. Because our service is primarily based on information posted on vacancy signs displayed in front of apartment buildings , some of the data may not be exact and certain details may be omitted. For example an apartment may have a great view or new renovations not mentioned in our description. Also some apartments may have been rented and others may become available between our rounds. We do our best to provide complete and accurate information by making frequent rounds; however, if you are interested in a particular apartment we strongly recommend that you contact the building manager yourself using the phone number provided, and confirm the information.

Q. Does your Vancouver West End Vacancy Hot List include privately owned condominiums for rent?
A. No. In our Vancouver West End Hot list you will find only apartments owned by apartment rental companies. For private condominium listings (which constitute approximately 3% of all rental units in the West End) go to apartmentguide.ca. It is free for viewers.

Q. Shouldn't this service be paid for by the apartment owners?
A. The rental market situation in the West End of Vancouver is very specific. With the vacancy rate below 1% apartment owners are not pressured to advertise, even for free. Most often, displaying a vacancy sign in front of their building is their only way of advertising.

Q. Why should I pay when every other site is free?
A. The other sites are sponsored by individual apartment owners or management companies and, as you've probably noticed, they contain only a few ads for very expensive or hard to rent apartments. Our unique list is based on all of the vacancy signs currently displayed in front of apartment building and includes all apartments for rent in the Vancouver West End area, not just a select few.

Q. Isn't your list too expensive?
A. This depends how much you value your time. There is quite a bit of work involved in the preparation of our list. Our route is over 25 km long and requires good knowledge of the Vancouver West End's complicated street system to cover all apartment buildings. Compiling and updating our database is also time consuming.
It would take the average apartment hunter several days to obtain all of this information themselves. Much time would be wasted checking apartments which are too expensive or just don't have what you need. By providing you with our complete list we enable you to concentrate your search on the few apartments which meet your criteria. This significantly lowers the amount of apartments you will have to visit in person. We do the leg work for you for less than it would cost you for gas and lunch if you were doing it yourself.