I stayed at Andy's place five times over a two-month period this spring -- which of course speaks to how much I enjoyed and appreciated his apartment. I was relocating back to Toronto for a new job and needed somewhere to serve as a homebase during the workweek while I looked for a condo, and Andy's place hit all the right notes: it's a modernized basement suite with a big bedroom, full kitchen, tall window looking out into a lush backyard, and its own entrance. It's decorated with warmth, taste, and restraint (lots of room for your things) and is well-equipped for meal-making if you want to eat in (which I often did). That said, the neighbourhood -- the best bit of Riverdale -- is a short, pretty walk to the restaurants and shops of the Danforth (at the top of the street there's a great organic grocery store and a lovely, family-run chocolate shop/ice cream parlour) and to the Chester subway stop (it's 15 minutes to Yonge and Bloor, for those concerned with proximity to downtown). Andy himself is a kind and thoughtful host (the fridge is well-stocked!), and is super responsive to texts. All in all, airbnb at its best.