About the space
Very conveniently located immaculately clean large bedroom suite with kitchenette and sun room. Nest controlled furnace and central AC. Dedicated parking spot and private entrance, plus a large yard. Short walk to downtown Palo Alto, libraries, parks; free shuttle right by the house. Quality furniture, Casper mattress, your own washer dryer.
To make sure you have a good stay please read all descriptions and rules before booking!
The space: Rinconada Suite is located on the side of the main house and has its own (very large) private yard and entrance. The house was built in 1921 and has been updated throughout.
What our guests have loved about Rinconada Suite:
-Location location location! Short drive on/off highway 101. Walk everywhere!
-How nice the neighborhood is. Old trees line the streets with handsome houses
-How comfortable the suite is. Large bedroom and bathroom, laundry room, sunroom
-My cleaner-her standard is that floors and surfaces must be so clean that you can eat off them (the $5 extra/day for the 3rd guest goes towards her wages)
-We don't require guests to clean up. We do a much better job anyway.
-Quality furniture and mattress: I've had guests ask me where I buy my mattress
Things you should know about the Suite before booking:
-Rinconada Suite is part of a larger three-bedroom house. You have the entire place to yourself, but it DOES SHARE WALLS (but only walls) with the other parts of the house where there may be other guests, like a duplex. You have your own entrance, parking, yard and they have theirs. Please be mindful of noise--normal living is ok, loud parties and music are not.
-There is a small kitchenette in the Suite with 2 electric stovetops, dishwasher, microwave oven, toaster oven, and other essentials.
-We have Netflix and Chromecast but not cable.
-There is a weekly gardener service on Tuesday or Wednesday afternoons.
-We love our planet and appreciate it when guests make an effort to conserve as well. Please turn off lights/TV and turn down the heat/AC when you leave the suite; and please wash full loads of laundry and dishes.
-Please limit your laundry to only what is incurred during your stay here. And please no laundry after 9PM, as the laundry room shares a wall with a bedroom for the other part of the house. There is also drying rack in the sun room.
-Check-in is after 3PM and check-out is at 11AM. I always appreciate it when guests let me know roughly when they plan to check-in and out. It helps with planning and scheduling cleaning. Please message me if you need an early check-in or late check-out.
We hope you have a sweet stay in Rinconada Suite!
Guest access: You may park anywhere on Channing Ave. You also have a dedicated parking spot on Channing Ave but I like street parking better to get in and out quickly. The parking spot faces the garage doors. You may then enter the yard through the gate on your right hand side when you face the house .
Please feel free to enjoy the large yard, and because we have no next door neighbors on that side, noise is not a problem in the yard (but please be reasonable and keep quiet hours after 9PM). Please don’t enter the other yards of the house (spaces are clearly separated so unlikely for guests to trespass by mistake). Other guests also have no access to any part of Rinconada Suite.
Through the living room windows, you may sometimes see other guests enter and exit through the front yard to access the main house, but you may choose to keep the shades drawn for more privacy.
Other things to note:
The Rinconada Suite shares walls with the other unit. You might hear muffled talking from time to time but should be nothing bothersome as we’ve also emphasized the need to be quiet to those staying at the other part of the house. Please also be mindful of your own noise generation.
The kitchenette includes the following appliances and amenities:
-Mini fridge
-Dishwasher
-Coffeemaker
-Electric stovetops
-Microwave
-Silverware
-Utensils
& more!
