We felt very welcome at Patrick's listing. We didn't see Patrick at all -- which was fine by us, we didn't need to chat -- but had friendly communication as necessary with his property manager Jonathan, who was very responsive in helping to restore cable service and provide extra paper products. (We did meet him once as well.)

The basement apartment is pretty spacious and while fitting 6 might be a bit cramped at the kitchen table (it's really only big enough for 4), it was definitely fine for us and 2 kids, and I think a larger family, if they're OK eating in shifts, would find the apartment large enough for them.

The neighborhood is great -- do not underestimate the value of being a 5-minute walk from Sebastian Joe's (or 10 minutes at most from Lake of the Isles). :-)

We enjoyed our stay and would look to stay there again if we needed to be around downtown.