We stayed in the 3rd floor apartment.
Amenities:
pros:
- Cathy's place has lots of amenities - a nice / large TV, multiple gaming consoles, digital door locks and digital curtain control for the large window
- lots of options for everyday essentials in the bathroom and the kitchen.
cons:
- There is no house manual to figure out how to use / where to connect a lot of the (specially electronic) items. You can reach out to Cathy for help though.
- The place did not have air-conditioning and we visited during a heatwave so it got very hot in the apartment. There are heaters for colder climates.
Location:
pros:
- The location is good in terms of reachability (two local grocery stores are within a 5 minute minute walk, Safeway within 20, CVS within 30, and a street full of restaurants in a 40-45 minute walk).
- The Bay Bridge is very close. Berklee and SF are close if you drive (though the bridge can have a lot of traffic sometimes so plan to leave early)
cons:
- The immediate surrounding streets / blocks are not very clean
- The outside / people nearby can be noisy.
Communication:
Cathy was very responsive and we got answers to things we needed within a couple of minutes
Cleanliness:
Though the place was mostly clean, some specific items felt unclean (sofa crevices, a separate folded up mattress which felt dusty, and kitchen utensils felt like they hadn't been used in a long time or were not clean enough)