Shannon's house is very lovely and great for vacation. I was worried about the noise with it being so close to the highway, but it was no problem. You could hear it, but the house is pretty quiet and it's easy to forget it's there. The location is excellent, it took us 15 min to get to downtown Sidney, and 25 min to get to the Empress in downtown Victoria, and 10 min from Butchart Gardens. The water is a peak-a-boo view, so it's not a place to plan on sitting in the porch and looking at the water, but the view is pretty and the yard/garden is very lovely and well taken care of. The house was clean and comfortable, great to come home to after a day of touring the area, and everything had been thought of... I never even had to contact Shannon! I highly recommend this place. Thanks Shannon!