We stayed at Phil's place in Seattle very recently and had a warm and enjoyable stay in this great city. Phil and Andrea are wonderful, caring and sociable hosts (thanks for the pastries and cherries!) and very knowledgable. We loved Phil's map of their favourite local places (we found a great restaurant on 34th for our 2-week anniversary :)).
Phil was really helpful about getting us oriented to the area (before and during our stay). It is a safe, green and friendly neighbourhood and easy to get around (especially if like us, you choose the public transit route) both for getting from the airport and then downtown. The buses run until about 12am (we know because we caught just about the last one :))) Late at night and on weekends (especially Sundays) they run at less frequent intervals... however timetables are posted and some stops have the automated indicator boards).
The basement-cottage was just charming, with beautiful touches like the historic clawfoot tub (felt very decadent 1920's ... in a fun way), the lovely lit-up garden, lots of storage space for our stuff, maps and "get around" info,, facilities for coffee/tea and making snacks...
We would definitely recommend Phil's place on your Seattle trip!