Nadiya’s guidebook

Welcome Home: We would like to welcome you to our home and sincerely wish you a pleasant stay here. Our Address: Our Phone numbers: Wifi Password: Property keys: A keychain with 2 keys will be handed over to you when you arrive. One is for the main building entrance and laundry room. The second one is for our apartment. Private room: The single room has brand new furniture and the following: •Single bed, side table with drawers, carpet, chair, lamp, study table & chair and a cupboard. •A few hangers, dustbin, tissue box and towels. •Please feel free to discuss if you need anything else. Shared bathroom: •Before taking a shower, the exhaust fan must be turned on. Otherwise the smoke alarm can go off which can be a problem. •Bottom rack in shower area is reserved for you. It also contains a shower gel and shampoo. •The bottom drawer under the sink is reserved for you. •A green sink towel is hanging next to the sink. It is to wipe the sink clean after use. •A scraper is in the shower area. After a shower, it is used to scrape off water from the corners of the tub so it doesn’t accumulate there. Shared Kitchen: •A shelf has been reserved for you in the kitchen which will be shown to you. •You may use any of our pans, electric appliances, crockery, cutlery, cooking oil, spices etc. •In the fridge, 2 drawers are reserved for you. •There is a marker in the drawer next to fridge. Please mark any items which you place in any other area of the fridge so we know they’re yours. •While cooking something with smoke, best to use exhaust as alarm can sound. •We try to keep sink area clean at all times. •After each meal, we rinse and stack all dirty dishes in the dishwasher. You can do the same. •In the dishwasher, plastic items are always placed on the top shelf. Stacking is to be done as space efficiently as possible. When the dish washer is full, it will be turned on. Shared Lounge: •There is no restriction on you spending time in the lounge. You may use it or watch TV whenever you like. •Normally on weekday nights after dinner, we watch sitcoms like ‘The Nanny, Friends and Gilmore Girls’. You are most welcome to join us for a laugh if you like. Garbage: •In the kitchen, under the sink, we have 4 baskets: •1. Organics – All food related waste including used tissues •2. Recyclables – Paper: All cardboard, paper related waste •3. Recyclables – Non Paper: Plastic, glass, aluminium etc •4. Garbage – Styrofoam etc •The fridge has some brochures clearly explaining this if there is a need. •When any of the baskets are full, they are tied up and placed next to the entrance door. New plastics are placed in the baskets. •In the dustbins in bedroom/bathroom, we don’t divide waste. So it’s all garbage. Laundry: •Luckily, the laundry room of our building is literally the door next to ours. It opens with the building key. •$2 coins for the washing machine and the same for the dryer. •Timings for laundry are written on the door of the room. Ironing: •We have an iron, starch spray and small foldable ironing board which you can easily take into your room whenever you want to iron. I will show you where we keep these so you can access them as you like. Extra amenities: •Hair straightener & hair dryer are available on request. •If more hangers are required, they can be arranged. Parking: Our building has its own outdoor designated parking area which you may use. Housekeeping: •Normally after 2 weeks of your stay, a clean-up, bedsheet & towel change will be arranged. It will be planned beforehand. •In case cleaning/washing is required earlier, please feel free to let me know. •Guests are not required to clean up. However, they are expected to leave the place in the same condition as they found them. So basically just required to clean up after them. No proper cleaning is required from them. Quiet times: •On weekdays, the quiet times are from 9:30 pm to 7 am. •Since the bedrooms are connected, we can try to keep the volumes low generally. Smoking/Drug policy: Smoking and drugs are not allowed in the premises at all. Close by facilities: •Clayton park shopping center – 5 mins walk •Walk-in Clinic at Shoppers – 5 mins walk •Dentist – 7 mins walk •24 hours Shoppers Drug mart – 5 mins walk •24 hours Sobee’s groceries – 10 min walk •Banks TD & RBC – 7 mins walk •Keshan Goodman Public Library – 20 min walk •Canada Games Center – 17 mins walk Public transport: •Closest bus stops are on willet street about 5 minutes’ walk from the apartment. •Except for peak hours, there is only one bus No. 2 which goes in each direction. •It has good routes so it takes us wherever we need to go. •Or you can go to Lacewood station which is only 2 stops away to take any other bus. Complimentary meals: On the first and last day of your trip, complimentary meals may be provided to you as we understand it may be difficult for you to arrange them for yourself. Please discuss with us or help yourself to our fridge on these special days. Some Basics: •The apartment door must be locked at all times. •The temperature control is for the whole apartment. In case you feel warm, you are welcome to open your room windows as you like. •We understand our Pakistani food has a strong smell esp while cooking so we try to open windows while and after cooking and use candles to minimize the smell as much as possible. •The smoke alarm in our apartment is pretty sensitive. The alarm can go off from fog in the bathroom or while cooking. If we’re not at home and it goes off, you can simply turn it off by clicking on the button on the smoke alarm. Also, put the exhausts on so it doesn’t ring again. •In case there’s a fire alarm in the building and we’re not home, you can grab your phone and lock the apartment before running outside. Before checking out: •Report any damaged or missing items to us. •We will request you to post a review on our Airbnb profile. If there’s anything else you need to ask, please don’t hesitate to contact me. Best Regards, Nadiya Najib – www.nadiyanajib.com