A group of friends and I, all in our 30’s, spent three nights up in Victoria and stayed at Gerry’s place. If you’re looking for an awesome house to base yourself from while exploring the east coast of Vancouver island - I can definitely recommend this place!
The house has an excellent layout, with plenty of bedrooms to accommodate large groups as well as lots of communal areas to hangout in - including a couple of lounges, a dining room, a fire pit outside, a deck upstairs and a dining room. Everything in the house is also top quality - clearly no expense spared on fitting this place out. This was also probably the most well equipped place I’ve ever stayed at - lots of towels/bedding, great appliances, and the kitchen had everything you could possibly need - from a meat thermometer to use on the BBQ, to enough plates for your whole group, to nearly as many condiments as your local grocery store!!
The house is a little way out of Victoria downtown (it took us ~15 minutes driving, and about 30 minutes on the bus (there’s a bus stop a 10 minute walk away)), but for us that gave us the opportunity to easily split our time between Victoria and Sidney up on the north side of the island - we also enjoyed the quietness of the neighbourhood. If you need to have an array of restaurants/bars etc within walking distance - this is probably not your place.
House aside, Gerry was a great host - he met us on arrival to give us the low down on the house, made us all feel very welcome, and was very flexible on check out time.
All in all, I’m sure you won’t be disappointed with a stay here, and probably won’t want to leave!