We really liked Charlie's place. The unit has all the amenities one may need and is fully sufficient. Just bring your clothes and that's it. Charlie was a great host, quick to respond to any questions. He offered to help with our luggage (which was quite a lot) at the time of check in and even arranged for a mixer-grinder we needed to prepare baby food. We really appreciated all of this. The place is also in walking distance to transit spots. There are eateries (McDonald's, Tim Horton's and a Sushi place right downstairs), restaurants, supermarkets (T&T, Costco, one Arabic store), banks and everything imaginable in walking distance. Downtown shopping district is also nearby. Overall no major complaints with the place or his hospitality.
However, we did realise one thing soon after moving in. There are tons of homeless people and addicts in the area especially in the evenings (this one time we saw someone injecting substance in the middle of the day right outside our building). I guess that's the story of Vancouver though especially around China market. Things really were ok just a block away from our building to the right. However, with a baby we did feel unsafe to walk around late in the evenings. Although I don't believe this is anything host can help with. We didn't experience anything untoward as we just minded our own business but be smart and keep your guard up when you're up and about.
One other niggle of an issue was getting stuff delivered to our unit. We didn't have control to buzz someone in and had to provide Charlie's code. Most of the time I gave Charlie a heads up and he'd just let people in. But on a few occasions (one around 10pm) we had to go outside and collect stuff because Charlie couldn't be contacted but these were one off. I understand from Charlie it's difficult to provide building acess but if something could be done here, it would make the guest stay more independent. Overall though, we don't have many complaints, Charlie was great and so was the place. Good value and clean.