The hosts provided very helpful detailed instructions with photos on how to get to the place - including assigned parking spots, closest elevator, and how to get into the room. Checkin was super easy (just enter a code that is emailed to you). The place was super clean when I arrived, and the space was well stocked with soap, extra toilet paper, and very nice quality fluffy towels and linens.
If you ever want to do your own cooking- there’s also a lot of extra pots and pans of many different sizes, a whole knife set, and a whole wooden cutting board set.
The other residents in the building were very nice and friendly. I stayed for a whole week, and I couldn’t hear anything from my neighbors so I guess the sound insulation was very good (or maybe being on the top floor helps or I just had great neighbors!) You can hear the nearby train and planes taking off, since it’s close to the train and airport but it didn’t bother me since it was only during certain set hours. The building fire alarm did go off the first night I stayed at 4am (which turned out to be a false alarm), but obviously that’s outside the host’s control and it only happened once during my stay. I guess for large buildings, it’s bound to happen a couple times for false alarms. I did have to evacuate the building with the other residents, but I got to talk to the other residents and they were very friendly and easy to talk to.
The location was everything though! Super close to everything you need. River mark plaza with Safeway and restaurants was half mile away. There’s even 99 Ranch, 85 bakery, Paris baguette, anything you could think of that was also very reasonable distance away. I also took a lot of walks in the neighborhood, and the area was very safe and walkable- ran into a lot of people walking their dogs or taking a stroll.
Overall I greatly enjoyed my stay and would definitely stay again in the future!