This is only available for a female since the bathroom is shared with another female student. We run a homestay for VIU students with just one room left available and are offering a special offer on this room. We currently have 3 students, making a total of 5 people living in the house, and could use some help with cooking dinner. We are therefore offering a discount to a student who would like to cook dinner for everybody 1-3 times a week in exchange for a discount. Homestay Helper 1 ($840/month): You cook dinner for everyone 1x a week Homestay Helper 2 ($780/month): You cook dinner for everyone 2x a week Homestay Helper 3 ($720/month): You cook dinner for everyone 3x a week Everything is included; breakfast is self-serve and we will provide lunch everyday and dinner on your non-cooking days and will buy any ingredients you want for dinner, and we still will do all the cleaning. We even provide a homemade packed lunch for school. We are experienced homestay hosts and have had students from China, Vietnam, Singapore, Kuwait, Qatar, and Japan. We are looking for a quiet, clean, friendly student and we have a strict policy against smoking, drugs, or heavy drinking. You would share a bathroom with a female VIU student. Your room contains everything you need including a bed, desk with chair and lamp, closet, night table with alarm clock/radio, and dresser. We are located in Cinnabar/Extension in South Nanaimo which is about a 9-minute drive from Vancouver Island University (VIU). There is a bus stop just an 8-minute walk away, but it does require 2 buses to get to VIU from here (about 45-50 minutes total travel time), so it is best if you have a vehicle. We have a very friendly Golden Retriever who is a part of the family so you must be okay with dogs and dog hair (we vacuum constantly, but he's a golden retriever and they shed a lot). One of us works from a home office and the other works casual shifts at the hospital so at least one of us is home almost all the time. We currently have a 25-year-old female student upstairs, as well as a young Chinese couple who share the big room downstairs who are both 22. More information and photos can be found at http://www.HomestayNanaimo.com