Highly recommend staying at Alex's place.
His house is very well kept and the location couldn't be better, super convenient to get to St. Lawerence, downtown core, the nearest supermarket is 2 blocks away, streetcar and buses are 1 block away.
My favorite part were the sunrises, you can see the horizon clearly and my wife & I woke up to the most beautiful sunrises we have seen. The apartment faces southeast and gets a lot of sunshine.
Alex was also very prompt in his communication, replying very quickly to any questions we had.