The good: The location is excellent. It is a stunningly beautiful part of town, featuring gorgeous gardens, many blossom trees, nature trails and magnificent views, it's clean, safe and there are great restaurants in a walking distance. There is public transportation within a short walking distance away, a liquor store 15 minute walk away and places to groceries near by. The house is very nice and clean. The host was nice enough to let us store out luggage for a few hours after the checkout as our plane was scheduled to leave later that night and the checkout was at 11am.
The not so good: This is a single family house, with the host living on the main floor and renting the upstairs as well. The basement rooms are directly under the kitchen and there is very little sound insulation between the floors. Once the people on the main floor start their day and use the kitchen, sleeping in the basement is not really possible.
The bad: This was advertised as an "Entire place" which could not be further from the truth. The place consists of two rooms (you need to walk through one to get to the other one) and a bathroom. There is no fridge, no way to cook unless one goes to use the main floor kitchen and most importantly, there is no privacy. None. Anyone living in the house or renting the upstairs rooms can just walk into the basement at any time of night or day. There are no locks on the bedrooms and no way to secure your belongings. The host claimed that the BC government does not allow for locks on the downstairs bedrooms. It is likely that the prohibition had something to do with the fire code, as the windows in the basement rooms are too small to allow egress in case of a fire and therefore the basement cannot be made into a self contained apartment. The host was not responsive to a request for a way to secure our luggage while out - I asked for a lockable closet or any other way to ensure that no one has access to my stuff. The response was that we should just take out stuff with us when out. We were definitely not impressed.