Booked through American Express Travel Australia/SkiMax/Quest Apartments. We stayed in Apartment 605, the apartment was very generous with 2 bedrooms plus a loft which was huge with only 2 single beds in it. One bedroom had a comfortable King (I think 2 KS pushed together), bedroom 2 had a Queen bed - not so comfortable. Two bathrooms, full kitchen and there was a washer and dryer in the apartment which was an unexpected bonus. The outlook was beautiful, on the 6th floor with large windows looking out towards the Four Seasons Hotel (not close) and the mountains beyond. Very nice clean, white linen, the towels were changed every 4 days. The place was clean except when we arrived, the filter in the dishwasher had not been cleaned from the previous tenants. Ski lockers in the basement with a combination lock. The apartment is tired, and needs freshening up and updating, all the appliances are quite old but everything was in working order, the fridge has a noisy fan which seemed to go alot, it didn't bother us but would some. The dryer door was held shut by a bit of wood, effective but shabby. Instructions for the dryer would have been useful, the dial was a bit cryptic but we managed. There was a cupboard under the stairs which had all sorts of odd bits and pieces in it, I felt this space should have been locked if it was the owner's storage area, similarly there was a large television stored in the hall cupboard, that just shouldn't have been there. Very strange high dining table with high bar style chairs around it. A picture in the main bedroom had fallen down and was broken behind the chest of drawers, the hook bare on the wall, my husband fixed it and put it back up!
I HAVE AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR THE OWNERS OF THIS APARTMENT - ON DAY 4 OUR DAUGHTER HAD A BATH IN THE BATHTUB, PREVIOUSLY ONLY USED FOR SHOWERS, NO WATER WAS SPLASHED OR WENT ON THE FLOOR OF THE BATHROOM BUT DIRECTLY AFTER THE BATH WE NOTICED THE CARPET IN THE DINING ROOM, WAS ABSOLUTELY SOAKED, 4 OF THE LARGE BATHTOWELS AND 4 HANDTOWELS WERE USED TO SOAK UP THE WATER AND THE CARPET WAS STILL WET, THAT IS A SERIOUS AMOUNT OF WATER! INITIALLY WE THOUGHT IT WAS THE DISHWASHER LEAKING BUT AFTER INVESTIGATION BY MAINTENANCE, WE ALL AGREED THE WATER CAME FROM THE BATHROOM. MY CONCERN IS THAT MAINTENANCE THOUGHT IT WAS FROM WATER SPLASHED ON THE FLOOR, BUT THERE WASN'T ANY! THEY WERE GOING TO COME AND RE-DO THE SILASTIC (IT'S OBVIOUS THIS HAS BEEN DONE MANY TIMES PREVIOUSLY) THE SPA JETS MUST BE LEAKING FOR THERE TO BE THAT MUCH WATER!!! THE CARPET LOOKS FAIRLY NEW BUT IT WILL BE RUINED IF THEY KEEP TRYING TO PATCH THE SILASTIC WHEN THAT ISN'T THE PROBLEM. No-one had a bath for the remainder of our stay which was 10 more days and not surprisingly, no more water problems!
The Marquise is considered a ski-in/ski-out location which is the case when there is enough snow, from the locker room you can walk out of the building and across the road to a path which you can ski along and then down to the Wizard lift. Conversely, on the way home you just hang a right off the ski slope, ski along the path until you reach the road, click off your skis and walk across the road, BUT only when the snow allows. The shuttlebus stop is right outside the Marquise and the bus runs every 15 minutes taking you into the Village, I think it runs until about 11:30pm. The walk to Whistler Village is only about 15 minutes and there are shops and restaurants only a few minutes walk away too.
I know I have complained somewhat about this apartment but I have to say that we had a wonderful stay, we found the location good, the roominess and outlook was great, it just needs some updating and tidying up and someone really needs to fix that bath.