If you are looking for a "diamond in the rough", look no further. This is my second time staying with Joe and the best place I have yet stayed in the Valley. The pictures of the room do not quite do it justice. The room is spacious and comfortable with a multi-window view of the garden. Sunlight streams through the windows in the morning and if you open the screened door it sounds like waking in a forest filled with birds. The closets are great to pack everything away and make the place feel like home. Joe goes out of his way to be welcoming and is often enhancing the gardens in one way or another during the day. Trios of hummingbirds will visit flowers while you have breakfast on the patio and there is all manner of fresh fruit from trees that Joe offers freely. Everything is watered from a natural spring on the grounds which is the source for all the water in the home. Joe shared that the Saratoga Spring water is documented to be among the best. The home is gated giving it a resort like feeling and you can feel safe leaving anything in your car unlocked. There is hardly a better place to stay in the area. Unequivocally recommended!