I wanted to use this opportunity to write an unbiased / objective review for Sherry's house.
Let me first share what worked well for me:
1. Sherry's house is possibly the BEST deal you can get around Morgan Hill. Her house is in a very up-scale neighbourhood and brilliantly affordable. Do make sure you read the rules before booking, long-term guests need to pay a $25 fee to Sherry every week for utilities. Even with this added expense it was still very affordable.
2. Her house is very clean and ornate. One thing that struck both me and my girlfriend when we moved to Sherry's house were the aesthetics of the place. She takes a lot of effort to keep her place clean and tidy, and has a very good sense of interior design. Indoors look possibly as good as pricey hotels. Having said that, she expects you as a guest to keep her home as clean as possible and you will have to clean the stairs, your room as well as your shower every week and contribute to throwing away the trash. This is a very realistic and fair expectation which we did gladly. Also be prepared to do 2-3 hrs of deep cleaning with Sherry during checkout, this is an additional rule due to the ongoing pandemic.
3. Sherry's attitude was filled with generosity, she offered us an upgrade to a very good room and also made delightful persian style breakfast the very next day, she also took us on a tour of Morgan Hill. One huge advantage of staying with Sherry was that she kept making us free food and shakes right until we left, and we enjoyed it thoroughly. She even gave us extra grocery supplies whenever she had excess. Also the mini-kitchen upstairs was made well-equipped for us with all kinds of spices and coffee. She also gave us a ride to our new place after checkout.
4. Sherry's adjusting behaviour also deserves a mention, she had to sacrifice her sleep a whole lot because my work ended at 2am at night and I would be home pretty late.
Now, what did not work for us:
1. Due to the pandemic the hostess offered us restricted access to the kitchen, limited only to two time slots a day, again we had to bargain for this. Even with the two time slots life was very difficult for us because we had to literally bring all our kitchenware from the top floor to the kitchen everytime we wanted to cook and we always forgot one item or another for which we would have to run upstairs multiple times. This was also difficult for us due to our schedules which kept changing and some days we ended up not cooking food and just having bread because we couldn't make the kitchen time we were allotted. Hence flexibility with use of kitchen was one major reason we wanted to move out.
2. The floors creak. While walking around on the top floor the floors creak badly and are easily audible downstairs. Due to this we could literally make no noise after Sherry went to sleep and Sherry was a light sleeper. Even if we were to talk quietly or just walk around upstairs, Sherry would be able to hear it and we would sometimes get texts late at night to "Be quiet". We weren't playing loud music / drums but were simply walking and talking, so please keep this in mind when you are booking.
3. While Sherry was very generous and we completely appreciated it, she kept mentioning how generous she was multiple times, we would always hear phrases like "I have a 143 Star rating" or "I am doing a lot for you guys" or " I rejected other guests just for you two" multiple times, to the point we really didn't like hearing these. We believe true generosity lies in simply being generous and not having to mention it time and again.
4. Finally we were told to keep our mail usage to a "minimum". I did not like this aspect of the stay, as we were living at Sherry's place for 40 days and possibly the next 2 months, and not being able to get mail or order stuff online was a major setback for us.
Overall I would say our stay at Sherry's place was a comfortable one, and I would urge future guests to read the Rules more carefully before booking. She is a really nice host and the best value for money in this area.We had a great time in your place Sherry thanks for everything.