We spent 5 nights visiting family in San Jose and our family of 5 (2 adults and 3 kids, age 4,7, and 14) throughly enjoyed staying in this beautiful condo. The condo was in great shape but one of the door handles to the balcony fell off when the property manger was checking us in while showing us how to access the balcony. This wasn’t fixed during our visit but it didn’t affect our stay. We rated the unit 4/5 stars for cleanliness because the bathrooms didn’t seem as clean as we hoped, and one of our kids had a minor panic attack about hair covering the master shower drain when he used it for the first time. We also discovered two trays of fried chicken on the oven when we started preheating the oven to cook. We assumed the cleaners were rushed to prep for our arrival.
The condo itself is adequately equipped but having stayed in other vrbo rentals before it seemed to be missing a few kitchen basics that would make the experience feel more like a home away from home, especially traveling with kids. We got by with borrowing a few things from local family members but we would recommend adding a few items— including Kitchen towels, blender, roasting pan, baking dishes/cookie sheets, kid friendly dishes- coasters, reusable storage containers, placemats, and tablecloths. I’m assuming most people visiting probably eat out a lot but it’s easier for families with young kids to manage meals in home.
We really loved having enough space to spread out and our 14 year old especially loved having a secluded space on the third floor. The surroundings were mostly quiet except when a neighbor two doors down decided to have a party on Thanksgiving evening with extremely loud electronic music playing well beyond quiet hours. This made it challenging for our kids to get to sleep but because it was our last night in the condo we didn’t worry too much about the noise.
The condo was in a fantastic location within walking distance to shopping, great restaurants and a mall with easy access to Freeways. One of our afternoons was spent at the Winchester Mystery house which was a short walk away and so fun for everyone in our group. We‘ve already recommend this property to friends and family and like other visitors have mentioned, we would absolutely stay here again!