Thanks Tom and Corinne for a comfortable stay. The accommodation was spotlessly clean with a lot of thought put in for amenities and supplies. The neighbourhood is a beautiful and quiet suburban area close by to a park and a short drive to downtown.
I think it is worth mentioning that the privacy and access is not typical of most 'entire home' / 'exclusive use' accommodation, though if guests come prepared for this I'm sure they would have a great stay. The main differences were:
There is no separate door for the guest to close off the accommodation from the host - access is just inside from the back entrance shared with the upstairs house, and although there is a second doorway leading into the upstairs house, there is no doorway to the stairs leading downstairs.
The host as mentioned in the house-rules will come downstairs to collect any used dishes and empty the bins while the guest is out. As it turned out this happened whilst I was out but while my wife was sleeping in the bedroom. Although we appreciated our garbage bins being changed (always good when travelling with a 10 month old in diapers!) we found this a bit intrusive so I asked Tom if we could just leave our dishes/garbage at the top of the stairs, to which he was quite agreeable. However later the same day we noticed that the host had again come downstairs to return the cleaned dishes and change the bins. It seems like it is compulsory that the host will come downstairs into the accommodation (most of the time while the guest is out), so guests should probably not expect complete privacy of the unit during their stay.
Finally we did notice that we could hear quite a lot of background noise through the ceiling, e.g. conversations and the footfalls of the hosts and their dogs. That said, I imagine the hosts were very thoughtful to keep the noise to a minimum and if we weren't travelling with a baby this may have been less noticeable.
Overall this accommodation was great for it's comfort, cleanliness and location, though guests should not expect the privacy of a typical 'entire accommodation'.