My wife and me stayed at Dionne's place for two weeks while visiting Toronto University.
We had a separate apartment, thus almost not interacting with the owner, although Dionne was always around to help. The apartment is roughly 2/3 of the house basement, including bedroom, bathroom and equipped kitchen. The rest of the basement is a laundry and a living room, which, I believe, we could also used, but never asked. No complaints about cleanness or facilities.
It is about 30 min walk from the University and an hour from the downtown, also two subway stations are close. The area is quite, with a very nice park just in front of the house.
Dionne is an extremely kind person (like all Canadians we met), and the place we stayed at made a significant contribution to our overall great impression of Toronto!