The house looked just as in the pictures, I read about the bathtub so I was not surprised by it and was ok with it even though I was 7 months pregnant. Joshua lives next door and he was very responsive. Vancouver does get hot during the summer months (perhaps it was not like that years ago) and none of the windows downstairs open (they are all sealed). Joshua suggested to open both doors downstairs and all windows upstairs, but there were no mosquito nets and we were eaten by mosquitos. I had at least 50 bites in my legs and arms. We also saw a rat in the yard at night (which I think is quite normal in the city) but it made us nervous to leave the doors/windows open. It was so hot that it was impossible to sleep at night even with 2 fans that Joshua kindly provided. Needless to say there's no A/C. I think in the fall/winter the experience might be different, but definitely do not recommend during summer time unless the house gets central A/C, you never know if you'll be there during a heat wave. We also saw lots of silverfish in the floor and there were no welcome treats like in one of the photos. Having a house manual would be helpful since we could not find sheets easily and needed to text Joshua again.