Maria is a very pleasant person and very helpful. However she actively lives in this apartment and moves to housesitting jobs when she rents the apartment on Airbnb. It's a small apartment, filled to the brim with her memorabilia, and there is very little room to unpack and feel at home. There was no empty drawer space, and Maria was a little surprised when we asked about it. Apparently most people who use her apartment live out of their suitcases. She was very obliging in allowing us to empty a couple of her drawers into paper bags, and this was the first Airbnb stay we've had among many where we felt we were crashing in someone else's house for a couple of days. Unfortunately we were staying there for seven nights.
We spent very little time in the apartment, and used the kitchen very little, but it is adequate.The offstreet parking is a big plus, and the location is very central to the Grand Lake area, which is also a big plus, although it is a fair walk to restaurants and shops.
We were not in the Bay Area for vacationing, but rather to visit my ill mother, so all in all everything worked out adequately. This is no reflection on Maria, who we liked, but we would probably not use her place again.