Marcus provides a charming, very clean cottage with basic amenities for cooking and food preparation, on one of the prettiest streets in Menlo Park, and although it is close to the train and El Camino Real, there is little traffic noise from inside the apartment. The train whistle is noticeable, but not annoying. The photo suggested that we could drive our car close to the garage apartment, however, that is not the case. Instead parking is close to the street, and we had to walk down a fairly long driveway, with our luggage, through two gates, one of which is very large and hard to open. At night it was difficult to find the place the first time, as there are few lights. Bring a flashlight!! The bathroom, while very clean, has only one towel rack, so we had to hang one bath towel on a chair. We would have liked a comfortable chair in the living room. There are too many throw pillows, games, and plants (clutter). Marcus responded quickly when we had questions or needed something.