I stayed here 2 months while finishing up at York University. The location was great, but otherwise it wasn't anything too luxurious or welcoming.
If you're a tall person, you might want to consider a different room from the basement. The ceilings are low. I'm 5'10 and hit my head several times on the air ducts. In general there was only a few cm of space between my head and the ceiling, but the air ducts came down to right above eye level. The air ducts are by the doorway and moving in and out of the room required ducking. I subconsciously walked around hunched most of the time to avoid hitting my head on the sharp corners. This also made it annoying to shower as the shower head was at shoulder level, so more hunching needed.
There was an issue with the downstairs toilet while I was there. Occasionally wouldn't flush, but host said they were going to fix it after I leave. This seemed to happened on colder days (something with the air pressure maybe) so wasn't always an issue. There's an upstairs bathroom as well, but with 4 people in the house sometimes availability doesn't line up with when you need to go.
Has a private kitchen with stove and oven. No coffee making appliances, but there is an electric kettle for hot water. Some of the pots in the cupboard were dirty when I arrived, one was halfway filled with (used?) oil.
For a shared house, this basement offered good privacy. There was 4 of us in the house (3 upstairs and me in the basement). Common to go all week without seeing someone else. But the stairs are very creaky, and might bother people who are light sleepers.
Host was responsive and was readily available to answer questions.
Check-in process was confusing. The app says instructions would get emailed, but I never received any. When I arrived late in the evening, host didn't immediately respond when I reached out, but, like I said, it was late and I should've asked about check in sooner. Luckily one of the other guests wasn't asleep yet and able to help and show me around. Turns out the keys were in the mailbox, but that wasn't communicated to me.
There is a nicely sized desk and wifi is strong. A good place to get some work done. The office chair needs to be replaced. It was peeling and little black plastic flakes would get tracked all over the place including onto clothes and into the bed. Daily sweeping was needed to keep it manageable.
Less than 5 minutes walk to the bus stops and 15 minute walk (or 5 min bus ride) to subway station. Made getting around easy. Convenience stores less then 3 minutes walk and some bigger grocery stores a little farther. Good food in the area, lots of carribean restaurants, and vegetarian options as well. Staying here without a car is very possible. Parking is on the street by permit only, not sure if there is a permit that the host can provide.
Overall, provided a place to sleep and work. Not the grandest of accommodations, but not the worst of places. Location was by far its greatest feature.