This is a lovely place to stay; Karen is a lovely host; and her two dogs (Anne and Eva) are goreous.
I stayed here at the end of a long 5 week business trip to the US. I am so glad I did. On the Friday of check-in, I was very late due to plane delays from New York. There was milk, coffee and water in the apartment when I arrived (at 11pm); and toilettries; and the lamps were on so I could see my way in - now that is thoughtfulness on Karen's part. I appreciate it.
The setting of the home is a lovely Japanese Garden setting - it is so restful - and there are gold fish for luck. The dogs are gorgeous. They only come out if you want them to do so. I did want to play with them - they helped take my mind off all the work I needed to do.
There are all manner of nice homey touched in the apartment eg post-it notes, reading books. And I am pleased Karen is a fan of recycling.
I recommend this place to you all. I did not need to cook, but there is a griddle etc, microwave, fridge and coffee maker - so you should be able to do a fair bit of cooking if you need to.
The apartment is so close to reasonably priced restaurants, so I used them. I recommend Campesi Pizza (which delivers) and Bush43 Cafe (which does great vegetarian as well as meat dishes).
Karen is a lovely person and I wish she and her family every happiness.