Apartment in Montreal

Location

Location:

Montreal, Quebec, Canada (urban residential)

Home Description

Apartment, 65 square meters, 1 floors, 1 bedrooms, 1 bathrooms
Sleeps 2 adults comfortably

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Main entrance:

ramp or no level difference

Images

View from my bedroom window (taken in march 2007)

All three pictures were taken from my apartment.

The Surrounding Area

Access features:

The building has a wheelchair ramp and two elevators who can fit motor wheelchairs comfortably. My apartment is accessible to people with disabilities since I use a wheelchair myself, but I’ve been told by professionals that my apartment only has a minimum level of adaptation. My bathroom has a shower bench and support bars (next to the bathroom and in the bath) but there’s no hole under the sink. My kitchen does have a hole under the sink, but the stove is an ordinary one. There’s a step to get on the balcony and the roof isn’t accessible (you need to use a staircase). The hallways are not very wide either, but it works fine for me. I use my power wheelchair inside, but without my leg rests. You could keep them on, but you would need some dexterity. With a manual wheelchair there would be no problems. If you were to need more equipment, maybe I could arrange it.

Wheelchair accessiblity of neighborhood sidewalks:

All the sidewalks are accessible.

Wheelchair accessiblity of neighborhood public transportation:

The metro isn't accessible, but there are many different buses across the street who are. There's also a few taxi who park close by and who'll take a folding manual wheelchair if you can transfer yourself.

Are neighborhood shops, restaurants, places of interest wheelchair accessible?:

A good percentage of them are in the village. In the heart of downtown, most of them are.

Links to sites with general information about your location and region:

http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/B2C/00/default.asp
http://www.tourisme-montreal.org/B2C_Target/ExperienceMontreal/EN/HTML/1...

Swap preferences

Swap preferences:

I’m in love with Vancouver, and I would also love to go to Europe and some US cities also interest me. I am open to suggestions, so don’t be shy! 2 - 4 weeks 2008

Other

Other comments:

Welcome to my (well-situated) hole in the wall. I live in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on the edge of downtown, in a neighbourhood called the village (which is very gay friendly). There’s a metro station and many bus stops right across the street which can take you pretty much anywhere in town and there is also a grocery store and a small pharmacy a block from the apartment. On top of that, there is a ton of restaurants, bars and shops close by. My apartment is very small, with only one bedroom with a queen size bed, a small kitchen, a living room and a bathroom. I live on the 10th floor of an apartment complex and the views from my bedroom and living room windows are amazing. From my bedroom, you can see the high rises of downtown and the Mont-Royal and from my living room, you can see the Jacques-Cartier bridge, the St-Helen island (Jean-Drapeau Park) and La Ronde, an amusement park. If you come during july, you can see the fireworks from my living room balcony or from the roof of the apartment complex (or you can go mingle with the crowd on the bridge and on the border of the St-Lawrence river). The place I would go need to be accessible, at the very least, and if there are some adaptation then it would be great, but it is not an absolute necessity for me. You can communicate with me in French or English. I hope you’ll consider me! Take care.

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Posted by:

Genevieve

gen_ny@hotmail.com

A member of my household is physically disabled.

Someone in my household uses a walker.

Someone in my household uses a manual wheelchair.

Someone in my household uses a powerchair.