My wife and I recently spent a couple of nights in Victoria and stayed in Philips lovely suite. Philip greeted us on arrival and gave us a friendly orientation. His suite has just recently been newly built. It is extremely clean and modern and very comfortable. It has all the amenities you could need for any length of stay. His house is about a 25 minute walk to downtown Victoria along Fort Street, which is a main street with many interesting stores and places to eat (I would recommend Avalon for breakfast and Cafe Brio for an amazing Italian dinner).
We hope to be back in Victoria again soon and we will be back in Philips place, it is great value for anyone who doesn't need to be staying right in the downtown core.