Pro: 1. Clean bed & sheets; 2. quiet neighborhood at night; 3. very walkable part of Toronto, lots of unique shops, good restaurants & pubs.
Con: 1. Security issues: back door opens on a common alleyway is often left unlocked. Main floor has a front door lock, but bedroom does not. 2. Privacy issues: leaving the bedroom puts you in a living/office area where the host was often sitting and working. May not be comfortable for some guests as they go from the bedroom to visit either the washroom or kitchen. 3. General state of tidiness. Stacks of papers in bedroom and other stuff seemingly piled around in work/living space. The feel of carpet staples underfoot. 4. General comportment of host: a nice person, easy to talk with, but consistently went around in baggy shorts (boxers? gym shorts?), with a winter jacket/parka and sometimes worn sneakers. Nothing wrong with that in the privacy of your own home but not as a host. 5. Bedroom shades don't work well: had to turn off porch light.