When we arrived, Jolyon was outside to greet us and helped guide us into our parking spot (which remained available the entire time we were there). He took us on a quick tour around the suite and answered our questions. There's an automated key-code lock to get into the suite, with the password being unique for our family, which I really appreciated!
The neighbourhood is a quiet, peaceful slice of suburb just outside of the main city. There's tons of walking and biking trails nearby, and it takes maybe 20 minutes to walk over to downtown or the grocery store etc (and we had kids with us, could've gone much faster without them). The pathway and entryway to the suite are COMPLETELY private. Fenced off from the neighbours, plant growth, decorations, and a little nook with chairs and a table to hang out in. My family lives on a farm and we were worried about privacy, but it wasn't even an issue!
The suite has a homely feel with lots of unique knick-knacks and books, a full sized fridge/freezer combo, a dishwasher, two places to eat at, and a TV mounted on the wall that swings around for viewing from anywhere in the main part of the suite, a theme in the bedroom, nice linens, etc. For a fairly small suite, the rooms are all quite spacious. My wife's first reaction was "This place is so cute!", mine was "this place is so clean and private!", and our kids loved it too. It was difficult keeping our two boys, 5 and almost 2 at the time, from breaking stuff... but we managed to rearrange the furniture and the knick-knacks a bit to block them off from causing any harm. We were able to open the closet doors fully in the bedroom and put the queen air mattress on the floor, pushed up against the back closet wall, so the kids could sleep in the bedroom with us.
Jolyon responds quickly to any texts, and I kept open communication with him about the kids as we were concerned they were being loud or that we were being loud while trying to keep them from being loud :) He seemed quite understanding as he has kids of his own. At the end of the stay I made a few minor suggestions which he seemed receptive to.
I feel like I could write so much more, but I think I've made my point. We will likely return to Victoria in a few years when the kids are a bit older, and if Jolyon's suite is still available and he will host us again, we wouldn't hesitate to stay here.
The only downside is that it's not in downtown... but that can be overcome by 15 minutes of walking or driving (takes about the same amount of time to walk as it does to drive through the city traffic haha)