I very much liked the apartment and the neighborhood. The apartment was in good conditions, roomy and located in a prime spot in Menlo Park, very quiet and yet close to shopping areas.
I enjoyed visiting with Aline as well. She is a nice friendly lady.
We had though a few issues that need to be resolved to make this an attractive place. Some are subjective, like the lack of blinds on the main large windows that gives the tenant no privacy. Others are certainly more objective, like cleanness (left over food in oven; fridge and cabinets); the fridge freezing our vegetables; our host entering the apartment without letting us know before hand and freaking the heck out of us. She certainly had great intentions but still this is something that absolutely cannot happen
Lastly there are things that are objective and just cannot be fixed, like the trash pick-up in front of the bedroom, every Tuesday at 5:00 am