Here are pros and cons from our stay.
Pros:
-location, good and safe neighborhood in los gatos
-hot water, refrigerator and stove were working and kitchen/bathroom had most of the bare basics you would need
Cons:
-It is a single story very old house with bad insulation and no AC. It got to 90 degrees inside on couple hot days when we were there already in May and was simply not bearable if you plan to be home before 10pm in hot summer days. Windows are ancient and some won’t open so getting the house cool down even at night might be a challenge
-The house is old and it is in a bad way where things are falling apart and the hosts clearly not interested in investing to the airbnb to make guests comfortable. Garbage disposal was not working, kitchen sink and bathroom was draining very slowly, microwave didn’t work every once a while (appliances in the house are probably 30+ years old), toilet flush sometimes doesn’t fill up/ work, no digital doorlock so we got locked out when the wind closed the front door, etc…
-Backyard and frontyard was not usable/safe. We got the place because of the advertised backyard. It is full of variety of weeds, thousands of sand-burrs and foxtails that stick to everywhere of your dog (took us an hour to clean him after 10minutes outside) or kids if you let them outside. Sprinklers will wake you up at night as another review said and left hard water spots on our car when we parked it on the driveway. The abandoned rusty stuff on the backyard, abandoned car on the driveway and the uncared yards of the house are an eyesore…