We absolutely loved our stay with Walter and Celina. They were extremely helpful with all matters regarding our stay over the end to end stay, and that included a few things where I thought they were unreasonably (how do I embolden italize this 😊) nice and helpful, starting at the very beginning of our booking process, during our stay, and during checkout. They took note of the fact that we were basically bringing our entire life over to the US, and that we didn't know anyone here, and understood life in the initial weeks can be hard. It's hard to imagine the issues a newcomer faces when they arrive in the US, but Walter & Celina knew and did everything possible to make things smoother to us. They introduced us to other residents in the community (might I note how warm and helpful our new friends in the community have been for us), took us to trips around the area, offered to give us driving lessons in his own car, and let us drive his car to get ourselves familiarized with how driving works here after we got our permit to learn driving. Walter was obviously extremely occupied with some other paperwork during our stay there, yet he found quite a bit of time to talk to us and to play with our little 2yo. It's safe to say Walter (aka 'aka' - this means Uncle in baby) is the first American friend the little one has acquired here, and our son loves to show Walter his toys whenever he is around. In summary, out stay here was just about amazing, and it wouldn't have happened without Walter personally trying hard just to make the stay better for us, without us asking for it, and Walter tried hard to the point where we were almost guilty of inconveniencing him. Borrowing a phrase from Walter himself describing our stay here, I am so glad to say we loved, loved, loved it!
Now onto some regularly required aspects of the review. The building itself is incredibly well located, it's close to Costco, Nob Hills and Bharat Bazar, which means the groceries are absolutely doable without a car sustainably. In addition to that, Target and a bunch of food joints are quite close for a drive. The tech company buses have stops near the house, so commute to work hasn't been an issue for us. The building is incredibly secured, and the security is thoughtfully designed to keep the outside world strictly out of the property, while not inconveniencing the residents. Our unit faces the train station but that has never been an inconvenience sleep wise. Pros of having the station near is that it was incredibly easy for us to go out to SF for a family outing, and my son loves to see the trains from the balcony (I love it myself, there is just something about trains that's hard to actually pen down!). Walter & Celina were prompt with supplies, the bed and mattresses were super comfortable, they provided a high chair for our child, and the design of this unit particularly is brilliant for spending hours with family.