Fiona's house is located in Chorlton, one of the nicest area of Manchester. I walked and used the tram to get from her place to the city center (Deansgate or Piccadilly) and it took me about 20 minutes (one way). Her house is 3 minutes walking distance from Beech Road where you have many options in terms of Bars, Restaurants and places to hang out.
Fiona's house is small and cozy. I didn't get to hang much in there cause I had a really busy schedule, but it served my purposes just fine. To be honest, I wouldn't necessarily consider it "sparkling clean", but it was clean and I had no issues whatsoever.
Fiona is a really nice and personable woman. Again, I didn't have much chance to interact with her because our schedule didn't overlap much, but she was very good at communicating with me over the phone for anything needed prior to my arrival and during my stay.