Kathy is a kind woman with clear in-person communication and a very reasonable electronic response time.
The space that we stayed in (545 Forest, Unit 2A) was not entirely what we expected from the description. 545 Forest seems to be a single house that was divided into four smaller units in a somewhat DIY way. There are several consequences of this: (1) We shared a thermostat with our neighbors, who apparently preferred a very different indoor climate. I woke up to very cold temperatures at night, had to walk outside of my unit to change the temperature, and of course my neighbor changed it back to freezing 20 minutes later. (2) Our bathroom did not have a fan to reduce humidity from the shower or ... smells. There are windows that we can open after we use the bathroom, but we're neither beautiful enough nor exhibitionist enough to actually have them open while we are using the bathroom. There are actually no hooks in the bathroom for towels, but rather, a gaping hole in the wall where a hook might have been. Also, be aware that the showerhead switch is backwards. Turning the lever towards 'cold water' will produce hot water and vice versa. 3) We could smell our neighbors' cooking every day through the ventilation system because we were literally in the same house. 4) To my surprise, the front door was not locked at all and instead the door to our unit had a deadbolt. Though our door did have a deadbolt, it is a bit unnerving to me that people can enter the house literally through the front door.
Other notes: Laundry costs about $4.50 for a complete wash/dry cycle and requires quarters. There is not very much sound insulation so we heard our neighbors walking around and felt kind of bad coming back to the apartment late at night because the staircase was awfully creaky. The location is good: walking distance to lots of food options as well as Caltrain, the Marguerite shuttle, and a bus hub.