The location of this house is unbeatable. It's on a quiet street near an elementary school playground, downtown Menlo Park, Secret Safeway, Stanford, & the 280 freeway.
The house itself is all right. It's well lit, spacious, and well stocked in the bathroom (though not in the kitchen). There's a small AC unit in a room adjacent to the kitchen and centralized heating, which helps when the temperature drops in the evening. If you're traveling with a group of adults with minimal needs and a reliance on Door Dash, this user-friendly house is just for you. If you're a family with small children and plans to cook full meals, this place falls short. It's missing little things that a home would usually possess - a laundry basket, a proper colander, kitchen shears. Maybe I'm being picky, but these little things make life a bit easier when you have kids. Because we have been traveling as a family, we are often looking for a home, not a house that is simply user friendly with clear instructions.
We encountered a few hardware problems:
1. The plumbing is old, as advertised. The toilets don't flush well - must hold down the handle at least 5 seconds. The master bathroom's shower will turn suddenly very cold, and not because someone has turned on a faucet somewhere else or flushed a toilet. Also, both shower faucets have problems and are either cheaply made or poorly installed (or both).
2. The master bedroom's light turns off for minutes at a time before flickering on again.
3. The queen mattresses are lumpy and uncomfortable.
But these issues notwithstanding it was a positive Airbnb experience overall.