As of February 2021, This is what 3000$ a month gives you..
Good customer service and communication.
Good modern kitchen, sized for a small apartment.
Mid sized fridge.
Gas stove.
Gas oven.
Microwave.
Coffee maker.
Waffle maker.
Waste disposal!
Modern bathroom.
Plush comfortable bed.
Plasma TVs I’d say it’s about 40in with Netflix!
Fast wifi.
Quiet neighbors during the day.
Private roofed parking.
A decent electric fan.
A decent electric heater.
And a storage closet!
But wait there’s more!
Every Friday night a bunch of the nearby teenagers get together and have themselves a small party, I hope you enjoy Spanish rap! The smell of cigarettes that seep into the apartment is divine. And the clinging of beer bottles is to die for! It gets even better Saturday nights.
There’s a lovely train at 3am every other day. So there’s that to look forward to.
Hope you brought a small car, because, although ample exclusive parking for everybody, the parking lot is always occupied with your lovely neighbors’ cars. And sometimes the more lovely of the bunch park their cars in the entrance of the complex, which makes for a tight squeeze!
I brought a full sized Toyota Tundra pickup, yay me.
The apartment’s gas heater broke after the third day! Good thing I brought my blanket though! And good thing there’s a portable heater in the unit. Because those chilly January nights would’ve been dreadful without them! Especially with the poor window insolation throughout the unit.
Are you in need of a workout? Good because you will love the stairs needed to get to the apartment.
Washing your clothes is easy as well! The one washing machine and single dryer should be enough for you and all 3 of your neighbors. That is of course if it doesn’t break mid-stay like it did with me! Otherwise that would be very frustrating!
The bed is very comfortable and it’s a queen size! And even though it squeaks and rattles with your every movement, it’s still very comfy and plush.
Don’t worry about utensils. This adequate sized apartment with it’s adequate kitchen has plenty of utensils to choose from! About 40 spoons, 30 forks, 10 pairs of chopping sticks of different variety, about 12 plates, 100 coffee mugs, glasses, and cups. And roughly 7 knives. Roughly speaking ofcourse! So when the time comes and you have 20 people over, you will be ready!
And last but not the least are the cats! Those cool
Street stray cats sure like to talk to each other at night. And how they adore walking all over your cars. Walking isn’t as lonely when you have three pair of cat eyes following your every move!
If you got this far and got through the satire, I stayed from January til mid February. Parking was sometimes a nightmare but I always managed to get into my spot. I’m a heavy sleeper and the surrounding noise at night was nothing to me. During the day the complex is very quiet and peaceful and there’s hardly any people or cars around. Like I mentioned there’s too many plates and cooking utensils. No one will ever need everything that they have packed, so I took the liberty of boxing up all the extras and storing them In the storage closet. There’s two to three people that manage this Airbnb, and they are very responsive and accommodating. The washing machine broke the second week I was here and they sent someone to replace the unit within the week. There must be a lot because the stairs smell like cat piss and they like to meow loudly at night. Street parking is a no go, there’s cars left and right in this area. Including junk cars. Very much the ghetto. I speak Spanish so I never had trouble communicating. Especially when there were cars in the entrance to the complex, which was every other day. Amazon packages are delivered to your door, but USPS is not. And the mailbox is a short distance away from the busy street.
All in all this place is not worth 3000$ a month, not even for California. I’d pay 2300$ to rent it again. I found one, many in fact, Studio that was bigger and cheaper (about 2500$ a month) AND closer to the Stanford Hospital. I was honest and fair in my review and of course all based on my experience.