The location of the house is great as it is very close to Downtown San Mateo, and an easy drive to the rest of the Bay Area. The rooms are all of good size and the courtyard and backyard were lovely to hang out in.
The areas for improvement are mainly cleanliness and infrastructure related. Under the bed area needs to be cleaned and vacuumed properly. One of the beds' middle legs were skewed and not supporting the bed. The house smelled old but I understand that's not really the fault of the host; however, a good airing out or placement of baking soda would be helpful. The washer and dryer were broken during our stay. We were counting on using them so that was a bummer. The handle of the microwave was missing. The shower had a pad that seemed unhygienic to be used by all guests.
I hate to give a not perfect review but I need to be honest. The recommendations I made are easy fixes in my opinion and would make a future stay more pleasant.