About the Homestay
- Welcomes
- Males
- Females
- Couples
- Families
- Students
Our elegant & cozy family home is near Simon Fraser University, Burnaby Mountain Golf Course, and Squint Lake Park. Amenities include 2 shared bathrooms (one with a tub, one with a seated shower & a Toto Japanese toilet), full laundry, a grand piano, family room with books, TV and record player, a fully equipped kitchen with stainless steel appliances, a large garden and outdoor seating area, and a cheeky cat who enjoys snuggles. Guests must be cat-friendly, accepting of LGBTQ+ folks, and willing to share life with a family of 5 with 3 teenagers.
Rest comfortably in one of our two fully furnished, beautiful bedrooms. Please click on "rooms" to see photos and descriptions of each space. Bedding and towels are available, light breakfast is negotiable.
Our family is committed to community building & hospitality. Our heart is to make a safe space where everyone feels welcome. While we would value any respectful and reliable roommate, we would also be open to someone who would value being a more involved part of our family meals and rhythms. More life, less loneliness!
Please note: sadly, due to past experience, for stays longer than 2 weeks, we now require a half-month's deposit to hold your room, which will be put toward your first month's rent. In case of cancellation with less than 35 days' notice, this deposit is non-refundable. Guests staying longer than 6 months are automatically covered under the host's tenant insurance. Guests with a stay shorter than 6 months are required to sign a waiver of liability & form indicating they have been informed they are not covered by our home insurance. Please contact us with any questions you may have, we would love to work out how to host you!
My Pets
Cat
House Facilities
- Garden
- Games Room
- Laundry
- Patio
- Barbecue
- TV
- Internet Access
- Smoke alarm
Bedrooms available for booking
About the Area
Our quiet neighbourhood is very near bus routes and the Lake City Way Skytrain station. It is a 10-minute walk to the shopping plaza with Sungiven Foods (specialty Asian grocery store), a drugstore, and a pub & pizza place. Burnaby Mountain Golf Course, Squint Lake Park, and beautiful forest nature trails are extremely close. It's a great location for SFU or Burnaby Mountain Secondary students.
Local Area Facilities
- Park
- Shopping Centre
- Bus Stop
- Train station
Meals
Hosts can offer a complimentary light breakfast at their discretion. All other meals, including a full breakfast, might incur an additional cost, if offered. Meals and any additional payment should be arranged directly with your host.
Included in the stay
- Complimentary Light Breakfast
- Use of Kitchen
House Rules
- Smoking is not allowed indoors.
- Due to an allergy, there is no use of perfume, cologne, aftershave, or other heavily scented products, including air fresheners, room sprays and some laundry or cleaning products.
- We expect you will keep your room clean. There is no cleaning service. This includes dusting, emptying the trash, sweeping and/or mopping the floor and not leaving food or dirty dishes in your room. We provide cleaning supplies and help to learn how to clean if you have not done so before.
- We will provide linens (bedding and towels) but you are responsible for keeping them and your room clean. If the linens and towels are soiled or stained to the point we can not pass them on to the next guest, we ask you to replace them before leaving.
- It is expected you will help care for the shared bathroom or other shared spaces you use. We will clearly outline expectations upon your arrival.
- We do consume alcohol at home and are comfortable with you doing the same, but we ask for no drunkenness or substance abuse.
- We have a standard in our home of communicating respectfully with each other. It is expected you will do the same. We have a zero-tolerance policy for abusive or hateful language.
- Please keep our home secure and lock doors and windows when leaving the house.
- Feel free to use the kitchen but please clean up after yourself.
- No additional pets. (We have a cat)
- Be careful to keep doors and windows closed to keep our cat inside.
- If you would like to invite a friend over, please ask first.
- No overnight guests.
-Please respect our home but feel comfortable. Treat it as your own house for the duration of your stay.
- Please keep quiet after 10 pm.
Smoking Rules
Your host is a non-smoker.
Smoking is not allowed.
How do I book?
Contact the host to check their availability and ask them any questions you have about staying with them. Once the host confirms they’re available for your dates, you can complete your booking.
When do I pay?
Once a host confirms they're available, you can go ahead and pay the 15% booking fee (maximum of 250 $£€ for longer term bookings) using a choice of payment methods: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Maestro, Laser, JCB & PayPal (not available in certain countries). You then pay your host on arrival or as stated by your host on their profile and agreed by you on booking. Please be cautious if a host requests advance payment if its not included on their profile. Our hosts have been advised that if they wish to request advance payment they must make this explicit in their profile. We do not recommend the use of Money gram or Western Union.
When can I share my contact details?
Host and Guest email address, phone number and home address will be exchanged in a confirmation email sent to both immediately after a booking is completed. It's against our policy for Guests and Hosts to exchange direct contact details via our messaging system.