The good: The view is spectactular. Can’t beat it. The drive from Victoria and Sooke is fun and also gorgeous most of the way. The location is also great.
The not so good: The place wasn’t super clean and felt sort of grungy. Could have used a good vacuum for sure. The pellet stove in the living room was loud so we didn’t end up using it. The pullout sofa bed isn’t fit for sleeping - it’s all springs. The balcony/deck and railing are rotten in places so we didn’t feel 100 percent safe. Clean glass would have improved the view immensely but I understand that cleaning glass regularly on a hill that steep is tricky. Would have also preferred just a lockbox for checkin rather than meeting someone. That felt awkward.
Overall fine but not necessarily worth what we paid per night.