Victoria private studio suite

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Solid and clean accommodation! Good location, Victoria and Sooke is not far and there is shopping and dinning close by.

Entrance to the accommodation not save especially at night, no lights and no hand rail next to the stairs.

There were no bed bugs. Ventilation is fantastic, considering it is a bit of a concern for a basement unit.

[No sink in kitchenette] It's clear from the description, but i reiterate: There is no sink in the kitchenette, and therefore no dish soap nor sponge. It was my mistake to assume a kitchenette would include at least a small sink. It is absolutely not the host's fault, as their photos were transparent about this. However, the lack of a sink was a bit disappointing for me, as I felt like washing the mug and dishes myself (see the attached photo of the mug). As a host myself, I just know that some guests use 'unconventional methods' in the lack of a washing machine (which was the case for this room). They would put small items (socks or small underwear) in the water kettle and boil them to 'sanitize.' Because of that, I really wanted to clean the kettle before using it, but there was no sink, dish soap or usable sponge available. I ended up buying them and left them in the washroom, in case future guests may need them. [Soundproofing issue] The room has poor soundproofing, which is unfortunate given that (i) if faces Highway 14 (which the host was not transparent about) and (ii) obviously the host (+children) live upstairs. Since Highway 14 is a major road, you will hear passing cars and even ambulances during the night. You can also hear sounds from upstairs or on the other side of the wall, e.g., when they go for a leak or when they talk. I believe the running water would be noisier on this side of the wall. If you're a speaker of Korean, nice! You'd even catch part of their conversations. Gosh, if only I spoke better Korean, I might've been able to join in! As an objective metrics, I attached the dB I randomly measured in the night. For reference, less 30dB is recommended for sleep. Also I've attached short audio clips (links below) to give you an idea of what you'd hear in the room. https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/05qjcfwcjzsy16lnhgfim/talking.wav?