We have an outstanding time at Nick's place. It was very quiet and very clean. We didn't hear anyone upstairs ever. They were very quiet. We were not always there but traveling around the Victoria area to see the sights.
My cell phone company, Verizon, was aware that I was going to be in Canada, but we did not have immediate cell phone reception for the first few hours. It was difficult getting around without GPS. Next time in Canada, I'll print out a detailed map of where I need to go. When taking the Canadian 1 North, its important to note that McKenzie and Admiral are the same streets but different names on each side. That would have saved us about 30 min if we had known this info. Otherwise, my daughters GPS on Cricket kicked in before ours so we did figure this out eventually. Otherwise, it's a quick trip to their place, not far from the city but very quiet neighborhood.
Even though it was very hot at that time in Victoria, 80-85 degrees, it was pretty cool in the basement. We had brought our own fans but there was a big one there for us to use as well.
We were trying to save money and bought food and used the kitchen, it had all the stuff we needed to make breakfast each day. Lots of space in the refrigerator as well.
We had a nice time a Nick's place relaxing when we were there and enjoying the sites of Victoria, BC, only 10 min away from their home.