Kate is an awesome host. She is very responsive with messages, from before I booked the place to entire time I stayed at her place. She is very respectful and welcoming. She has 2 very friend and adorable dogs and they were very quite the entire time I stayed. You can meet them if you like but otherwise Kate will keep them either in her room or in the backyard. The room was very spacious and with lots of pillows to choose from. The bathroom was shared w/ another bedroom upstairs and was very clean. There were a couple who was staying at the other bedroom, and I had a good time chit chatting with them. Although we shared the bathroom and but there was no issues and they were also very respectful and quiet. It was very thoughtful that she had a little food area upstairs (where the room and bathroom are) for her guests to enjoy breakfast / night time snacks. She provided a great variety of breakfast items and even had her home-made apple cookies / pastries. One minor thing was the room was facing the street, so the it gets a bit noisy with traffic, but I understand the windows need to be opened b/c it gets hot in the summer. And I believe she mentions this too and have earplugs for guests to use if needed. She also has an AC in the room to help with the summer heat.
Where I came from my house is not on a big street so it's much quieter and I usually sleep with my windows close, so it's just not what I'm used to. But otherwise everything was great! Definitively recommended.