Deidre is a very easy-going and fair host, and she made us feel very welcome upon our arrival. She also gave us extremely good advice on where to shop, eat and what beaches to see - including the beach by her place which is very close (about 5 minutes by foot) and very beautiful. While we found Deidre's own description of the cabin fairly accurate, the reviews that are now available (there was only the first review visible when we made our booking) are not fully consistent with our experience there. For us the cabin was not "clean" or "comfortable" as others describe it. Either our expectations are considerably different from others or things have changed since our visit in early August 2014. For example, when we arrived, the cabin was not by our definition "clean". The space seemed to have been swept with a broom but never mopped. Respecting Deidre's wishes, we did not walk in the cabin with shoes on and consequently our feet were naturally dirty from the floors. Also, neither of the two beds nor the couch were comfortable for sleeping. The first reviewer mentioned one bed being "firm" - by comparison, our thin futon at home is very soft. For us, the furniture was not particularly convenient for meals. There is a table but nothing really suitable to sit on while at the table. For example, there are two upholstered chairs but both have broken legs and both are too low for the table. There was one rolling stool that was usable. Finally, the cabin was inundated with spiderwebs and spiders. For us, this made the space very uncomfortable. For others, this may not be a problem. Upon request, Deidre gave us a mop to clean the space of spiderwebs to our liking as she doesn't own a vacuum cleaner. Deidre asked that we not clean with any non-natural cleaners - which we were happy with as we try to avoid chemicals as well. To add levity to the situation, I counted the spiders as I removed them - both my wife and 7-year-old daughter, and Deidre asked that I please not kill them. I stopped counting at around 50 and asked my family to leave the cabin so that I could expedite the cleaning. I probably cleaned away 100 more live spiders in the kitchen, bathroom and back bedroom. To put this in perspective, that part of the space is probably 300 square feet and thus there were literally spiders everywhere. I am sure there were even more spiders in the living room and upper bedroom but didn't have time to completely clean those spaces - due to personal reasons, we had to cut our trip short. Now that I write this, it occurs to me that perhaps other visitors found the space clean because of my efforts to mop away the spiders and spiderwebs. Finally, visitors should be aware that there are no garbage collection services on Galiano. We did not know this...