The house and location were both excellent, and Patrick was a perfect host. He responded to texts in a matter of minutes and he was involved without being smothering. Truly a great stay.
Traveling to California with a toddler for a virtual quarantine before our return to China made us a pretty high maintenance family. We needed a clean place close to grocery stores and pharmacies where we wouldn’t have much contact with other people who could possibly infect us with COVID. Patrick’s guesthouse provide the privacy we required and the comfort of a home away from home. It had everything we needed except for a microwave. We let Patrick know and he hand delivered one right away. The laundry facilities were convenient and helpful, allowing us to wash all our clothes before entering a 14-day hotel quarantine in China.
There is a Whole Foods five minutes away and a Trader Joe’s less than ten minutes away. There are plenty of delivery options for food and we ordered out for every dinner during our stay.
Being an AirBNB Plus, there are nice touches that make this place unique, but not so toddler friendly, so we needed to put away some of the trinkets and doodads that excited our child. There is an old timey typewriter in the livingroom that has a “don’t touch” sign on it, so of course he always wanted to play with that. Lots of yelling happened because of the typewriter.
The lighting here is very dreamy and when only the Christmas lights are on at night, it’s like you’re in some sort of fantasy world. Not many places can pull off Christmas lights year round, but this place definitely can.
The outside space was great for an afternoon lunch, reading, or having Zoom meetings. Parking was never a problem, even with a large SUV. The gate and lockbox were tricky to begin with, but we quickly got used to them.
I would highly recommend this place, especially for a couple or a couple with a school aged child. If your child is curious and grabs everything like ours, you might just need to hide some things.
Overall, this a was a great stay!