My friends and I were very happy about our stay at Paige and Grant's place and here are the reasons:
1: The design of the house was just lovely,
2: This place is very very clean,
3: All the cooking basics and essentials are provided,
4: Good location (about 20-25 minutes walk to Gastown),
5: Hosts are easy to contact,
6: Great guide about things and places to try...
This place is not super far away from East Hasting the relatively less ideal neighbourhood, but we did feel very safe while we stayed at this quiet residential area. Also, if you don't want to walk through East Hasting, you could always take a small detour.
The only thing that is slightly less perfect would be some exciting footsteps from upstairs. None of us were light sleepers and we were all up by 7, 7:30am, so we were ok with a little noise in the morning. However, if you were a light sleeper, I would recommend you to bring ear-plugs just in case.
Again, we had a wonderful stay and would highly recommend this place!