I ended up cancelling my stay at this house for several reasons.
1) The house has no sound proofing. Unfortunately I had a terrible migraine on my first night there and couldn’t sleep because I could hear everything that Jim was doing downstairs (watching tv, listening to music, etc.) and couldn’t go to sleep until he did. I could also hear a conversation he was having with neighbors two doors down OUTSIDE through the window of the room. Just terrible sound proofing in this house.
2) The room was extremely drafty and cold. I visited in March and Toronto was still cold (~40 degrees Fahrenheit). I couldn’t sleep in that cold room.
3) Jim was the only person I saw/interacted with during my stay even though this listing is set up as being run by a woman named Elena. If you’re a traveller who prefers to stay with a female host I would avoid this listing. I’m not saying Elena doesn’t exist, but like other travelers have commented in their reviews there appears to be suspicion that the listing is actually just run by Jim. Not every traveller will have a problem with this and Jim is very nice, but it’s worth being aware of.