Boardwalk Homes - Executive Guest Rooms & Townhomes

I spent about a month solo at a very nice Boardwalk studio in Kitchener. It had all what I needed. I found the rent price good as well. The place was clean, nicely painted, nicely furnished and had cable TV where lots of movies were available. The two managers Doris and Zoe made my stay comfortable. Walmart is a 7 minute walk and many restaurants such as Swiss Chalet are close by. Staples is in the mall as well.

We had a wonderful stay for 4 nights while visiting family. Our boys loved the bunk bed and we had plenty of space to relax and enjoy. There are 2 playgrounds for kids very close by as well. Thanks to our fantastic hosts.

My husband and I stayed at a one bedroom unit for 4 nights in October while visiting for Octoberfest. The unit was located on Countrystone Drive. This was a great location, just a 5 minute walk to a shopping area and restaurants, and easy drive to downtown. The area and building were nice and quiet. As other reviews have said, Zoe and Doris and team were very quick to respond to issues. The downside was the number of issues we had to call about. Housekeeping had missed cleaning a number of areas - when called they quickly sent a housekeeper over to address them. They had to come back a few times to provide missing basics such as hairdryer, hand soap, washcloths, and clothes hangers. The kitchen is well equipped with dishes and utensils, but not all great quality - silverware is dollar store, knives are not sharp, frying pans need to be replaced. The provisions are basic, with just enough for a couple of days e.g. no extra garbage bags, just a couple of dishwasher tabs, no tea towels, instant coffee but no tea bags. If you are wanting to stay any longer than a couple of days, be prepared to buy these types of items. Note that there is a coffee maker, but no filters and only instant coffee supplied. Furnishings again are quite basic - small bedside tables, and only one lamp, the bed is low quality (no pillow top), badly sagged in the middle, and ready to be replaced. Bed linens are not good quality either. This area is relatively new and still being developed. There is access to a patio in the back yard, but is not set up to be used - no furniture or a fence, and with the construction behind the unit, you would not use it. Overall I would say that this unit is sufficient, but definitely not an “executive” suite. The potential is there, being a relatively new unit, but the quality of the furniture, utensils, accessories, etc. is not there.

The instructions were good for how to get in but there, and the responsiveness of for emails was good, the kitchen was well equipped. The house was quiet. But there were lots of little things that made the house look run down; The front light was either burned out or not turned on which made finding the address and keypad difficult to see at night. The room and bathrooms were reasonably clean. The light beige carpet was pretty dirty and stained throughout the house and the walls had the worst painting I've ever seen and were also stained and dirty. It looked like someone had chosen a couple random colours that were sort of close to the original paint colour and had randomly rolled spots here and there in every room. It looked bad. The furniture was chipped and looked worse for the wear. The bed was ok but leaned to one side., there were no pictures on the wall in my bedroom and the windows were dirty. The yard was ill kempt. I wouldn't call it an executive rental, more like a 2 star Air BNB.