Best Homestay! Beautiful North Van

Homestay in Upper Lonsdale/Princess Park - North Vancouver, Canada

About the Homestay

Suburban Spacious
  • Welcomes
  • Males
  • Females
  • Couples
  • Families
  • Students

Also near world's best original mountain biking!
Our comfortable home is located in North Vancouver near the #229 route in safe, upscale Upper Lonsdale. Walking distance to Argyle Secondary, Carson Graham Secondary and Sutherland Secondary. Only 25 minutes by bus to Capilano University or BCIT Marine campus. Forty minutes to downtown via the scenic Seabus. Walking distance to Lynn Valley Mall or Lonsdale shops. Close by are three community centers with gym, swimming pool, many fitness classes. Two libraries are nearby. Our home is located on a quiet, tree-lined street.

Homestay includes:

• Private bedroom (10’ x 12') with large window with garden view
• We prefer students to manage their own food. Separate fridge and storage for this. DIY with full kitchen access. Our guests usually prefer to make or buy their own meals.
• Bedroom is furnished (Queen size bed, desk, chair, large closet, large dresser, lamps), and linens/towels are provided
• Newly renovated bathroom shared with just one other student.
• Access to large modern kitchen, large living room, and laundry,
• Access to outdoor seating, decks in private treed yard
• WiFi included
• All utilities (water, electricity, heat) included

• One small very friendly dog

We are an English speaking home and have a great deal of experience hosting ESL and other students, but will also welcome a working professional.
No smoking.

My Pets

Dog

House Facilities
  • Garden
  • Laundry
  • Patio
  • Parking
  • TV
  • Internet Access
  • Smoke alarm

Bedrooms available for booking

Minimum stay is for 62 nights

Maximum stay is for 196 nights

Available for given dates

Long stay? If you have a reoccuring schedule where days in the week do not require accommodation, you can unselect those days below. This will inform the host and reduce the price of your stay.

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Bedroom 1
From $35 per night
Single Room
Sleeps 1

Bathroom shared (with family / other guests)
1 Double Bed

Bedroom availableNot available for dates

Comfortable carpeted 8' X 10' room, Queen size bed, large closet with shelves on the first floor of the home. Desk with good lighting, large window with view of trees, bathroom right next door in this quiet wing, shared only with one other guest.

Facilities
  • Desk and Lamp
  • Closet / Wardrobe
  • Carpet / Moquette
  • Mirror
  • Fridge
  • Hair-dryer
  • Radio
 1 guest
Monthly price
$1,060
Bedroom 2
From $36 per night
Single Room
Sleeps 1

Bathroom shared (with family / other guests)
1 Double Bed

Bedroom availableNot available for dates

This is a large room with a double bed, side table, big dresser, large closet, and round table that serves as a desk with comfortable chair. Good task lighting. The large window has a nice view of the treed yard, big deck and outdoor Jacuzzi.

Facilities
  • Desk and Lamp
  • Dresser / Drawers
  • Closet / Wardrobe
  • Bedside Locker / Nightstand
  • Carpet / Moquette
  • Mirror
  • Hair-dryer
  • Radio
 1 guest
Monthly price
$1,080
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About the Area

Our comfortable home is located in North Vancouver near the #229 route in safe, upscale Upper Lonsdale. Walking distance to Argyle Secondary, Carson Graham Secondary and Sutherland Secondary. Only 25 minutes by bus to Capilano University. Forty minutes to downtown via the scenic Seabus. Walking distance to Lynn Valley Mall or Lonsdale shops. Close by are three community centers with gym, swimming pool, many fitness classes. Two libraries are nearby. Our home is located on a quiet, tree-lined street.

Local Area Facilities
  • Park
  • Shopping Centre
  • Bus Stop
  • Hospital

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

We don't have many rules but expect guests to be quiet when we are (night time), tidy and considerate.
Use the kitchen (no extra charge) but leave the kitchen the way you found it.
Interact with us as you wish. We are social if you want to be.

Smoking Rules

Your host is a non-smoker.

Smoking is not allowed.

3 Reviews

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    Germany
    Age 25 - 34

    5 hearts
    January 2024

    I had a really nice time in this kind family. They all were very helpful at any time whenever I had a question. They are always open for a great conversation.
    I also had my privacy in my own and the shared rooms with own house entrance.
    I enjoyed the vicinity to the north shore and the busstop. Perfect place to stay.

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    Japan
    Age 25 - 34

    3 hearts
    September 2023

    家は清潔に整えられていました。坂が多い場所なので、スーツケースの移動がとても大変なので、家に訪れる際は車を利用した方がいいです。家のルールが途中から追加で変わっていたので、きちんと予め要項に記載してほしいと思いました。あと、デポジット以外の支払いを現金で求められたので、振り込み対応とかしてほしいと思いました。お釣りについてはきちんとした金額を返していただきたかったですが、英語力が足りず実際の金額よりも多めに支払ってしまいました。

    Host reply
    Homestay Host Family Andrea in ,

    This is the only 3 Star review we have ever received. All others on all the sites we use are consistently 5 Stars. Kunie, we can see you have a misconception about your payment total which was actually the correct amount. You were not owed ‘change’. Perhaps this was a misconception regarding your bank’s exchange rate? (For example, Sell rates are less than their buy rates?) We would not ‘overcharge’ a guest no matter what method they used to pay. We accept bank drafts, EFT, and cash. You gave us the option of cash for your balance and we accepted. Recall you wanted to use PayPal for your deposit. We do not prefer Paypal as they can arbitrarily keep 3% as they did in your case. You will remember with your downpayment the hassle and 2+ week delay we had getting PayPal to refund 100% to you so you could send an undiscounted deposit instead. In April, we were a bit slow updating the homestay.com web ad from winter rates to our higher prime time summer rates. You applied while the lower rate was posted, so we honoured that. Therefore you paid less per night than any other guest this summer. The one house rule that changed was related to laundry. We allow this to start 10am to 8pm, which our other guests have found both convenient and generous. In your case, we did make one ’rule’ change, asking you to limit doing laundry to 2X per week because in August, Vancouver had a severe drought, so the DNV government increased watering restrictions and asked us all to conserve water use. This is not something we could anticipate or ‘state clearly in advance’. With respect to hills, you are correct. North Vancouver is on a mountain side with great views and lots of hills. When we travel with large bags, we use a taxi home from the Seabus. Transit to/from the Seabus/YVR route is very easy otherwise. We have often picked up and dropped off guests for that last part of the journey once in North Van. I did offer to drive you with your large case to your next venue when your stay with us ended. Archie will also pick up guests when they have groceries to transport. We appreciate your feedback so we could clarify any misunderstandings. We hope you enjoy the rest of your year visiting Vancouver!

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    Germany
    Age 45 - 54

    5 hearts
    September 2023

    Andrea and Archie are fantastic hosts! Very laidback and always helpful! The perfectly equipped kitchen is open to use for guests. Highly recommended!

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When do I pay?

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