Dennis was an excellent host. He was prompt in response and accommodating with our check in/out time. He was also there when we arrived which was very nice!
The apartment is just steps away from a street car line. It is on the lower level of a multiaparment home. We received our own keys and code that opened the front door. Dennis was around quite a bit because he was working on renovating the basement apartment.

The apartment we stayed in was in decent shape for an older home. It seemed to be very clean. There was an entire front room (which was large) that we did not even use, as it was just my husband and I. The bathroom was small and basic but clean, and the shower had plenty of hot water and good pressure. There is only one television in the apartment, which is fine, but it's located in the kitchen. If I had my choice, there would have been a TV in the bedroom. That being said, we watched very little TV during our stay. The kitchen was clean and usable, except for the small sofa in the kitchen that wasn't in great shape, and was visibly worn and dirty. We threw a clean blanket over top of it.

The bed and bedding were clean, well made and the bed was very comfortable! The iron worked well, too.

There was plenty of parking, which we were able to utilize with our small Toyota, but another guest, with a large truck was not able to fit between the houses to move his car into the back lot. If you have a large vehicle you may want to consider this.

My only real complaint about our stay was the smell in the apartment. I'm not entirely sure what it was... either a scent leftover from fumigating, or a very pungent cleaner is used, but the odor was quite strong and kind of perfumey. We had to sleep with the window open (in December) the first night. My husband, who went to school in Toronto, described it as "Old Tortono apartment smell." But it's not like anything I've ever smelled before. It was even leftover on our clothes when we got home. If it wasn't for this, I wouldn't hesitate to stay with Dennis or at this apartment again, and perhaps this is something that will be fixed as he continues to renovate.

I can't stress enough what a good host Dennis was, but if you are sensitive to scents, you might want to consider staying elsewhere.