We stayed at the Zephyr Cottage for one month (July) during COVID, and it was a perfect getaway. It's a new and REALLY nicely designed and built cottage, built by Sean (the host) himself, located in a very cute forest clearing that is teeming with animal life.
We had a great time just sitting outside and watching all the birds, deer, rabbits, raccoons, etc. We often had 4-5 deer visiting at the same time, from newly born super-cute fawns, to yearlings, to adults. We also had a visit by a family of California quails. Tip: Use the "Song Sleuth" app to record/identify and playback bird calls - we were able to "interact" with the birds - they would fly over super-close when we played their calls :)
The cabin is situated about 15-20m (behind a wall of trees) from a road that leads to Whiffin Spit, around 10-15 min walk to the local (pebble stone) beach and to Whiffin Spit, and about 20-25 min walk to downtown Sooke (check out the Sheringham Distillery while you're there). That's about the extent of the walkable areas, though, and you'll have to walk on roads (without sidewalks) most of the time. Within driving distance you have a lot of hiking — we thought the coastal hike in East Sooke was amazingly beautiful.
The cabin itself is just extremely well designed and decorated — the pictures don't do it justice — high arched ceiling, tall windows, very bright. We also enjoyed the outside BBQ and the outside shower (in the sun side, so perfectly usable on a sunny day even if it's 15˚C outside).
Sean and Susan were very polite and hospitable, and gave us plenty of privacy. They had a nice welcome package for us, and provided us with local advice (such as a cool hiking route on a nearby mountain).
Highly recommend it for a high quality get-away :)