Park Paxton 1~shared home SE San Jose~private bath

You are booking a bedroom in a large 8 bedroom shared home. This room has a window to the front of the house. There is a queen bed, desk and a private bathroom. Up to 2 people can stay in the room (extra guest fee). The door has a coded lock for your security. You would be sharing a kitchen. Self Service laundry is free. You can enjoy the covered patio and the grassy backyard. 30 min direct bus ride to downtown San Jose.

The space
We’ve made a great effort to create a clean, comfortable, convenient home for people visiting the area on a budget. You have a private room with use of a shared space. The common shared space is the kitchen, living room, dining room, laundry, 1.5 bathrooms and backyard area.

This is a self-service home — not a hotel.
Daily cleaning of shared spaces is not provided. All guests are expected to clean up after themselves immediately after using common areas, including:
Washing and putting away dishes
Wiping counters, sinks, and stovetops
Leaving bathrooms clean for the next guest
Removing personal items from shared spaces.
We schedule periodic professional cleanings, but we do not send cleaners after each guest’s use of shared areas. Because multiple unrelated guests share the home, the condition of common spaces depends on everyone doing their part.
If you prefer hotel-style service or expect bathrooms and kitchens to be cleaned throughout the day, this listing will not be a good fit.

MONTH TO MONTH STAYS
We can accept longer bookings. Please message us before booking if you need multiple months. The cleaning fee for multiple months is different from a booking of one month or less. When you make a booking it includes the cleaning for the first month. After that you will be charged $10 per week for each week. This fee is to help pay for the weekly cleaning of the shared space. The cleaner generally comes to this house on Wednesdays. If you would like your bedroom linen changed and your room mopped, it is an additional $20. This must be prearranged and requested before Wednesday. The extra $10 per extra week will be charged separately from the original booking amount, depending on how long you book for.

When you book thru, you are booking a short term rental. Your stay is not a tenancy.

MAIL
You CANNOT use the house address to receive mail. There are local stores where you can rent mail boxes or receive packages. We will not become involved with any packages that arrive or don't arrive at the house. Please don't ask us to help you locate your Amazon or Door dash deliveries. Absolutely no cardboard boxes inside the house. Pests are frequently transported in delivery boxes. Cockroaches use the cells of cardboard boxes to lay their eggs.

RESPECT is a huge theme and focus for us. You will be staying with people from various countries with various cultural backgrounds and habits. We ask that you try to keep this in mind. Please be overly considerate. You never know if something you are doing may be offensive to someone from a different background. Take personal responsibility to clean after yourself and leave a tidy bathroom and kitchen for the next guest.
We can guarantee that your bedroom will be 5 Star Clean when you arrive. The rest of the home will be tidy, but since it is a shared space, we can not 100% guarantee the others will clean after themselves.

VISITORS
This is our Zero Tolerance House Rule. The only people allowed in the home at any time are officially registered guests who have been ID verified. This is for the safety, security and comfort of everyone in the house. You can be assured that your housemate doesn't have a random unknown person in their room and that the house isn't completely overcrowded. If you break this rule policy allows for us to cancel your booking without refund.

This is not a party house. Your housemates are serious people who often need to work in the morning. That being said....if you are a several month guest and have a family member or friend accompanying you or visiting you for a a few days, talk to us for permission and guidelines. There is an extra guest fee.

SECURITY CAMERA
According to policy, we want to disclose that we have a security camera at the front entrance. It has sound. It will be turned on during your stay. It is a clearly visible camera outside the home. (We do NOT have any cameras inside the home.) This is for everyone's comfort and protection. We don't have problems in the house, because we take efforts to keep the house safe for you and your things.

KITCHEN USE
Using the kitchen is a privilege that is granted to you, if you use it with respect for the others, you can prepare simple meals. You are expected to clean up your mess immediately after creating the mess. We do not have maids. If you violate this rule, you may lose kitchen privileges.

LAUNDRY
Free on site washer and dryer. You provide your own detergent. Please do not do laundry during the quiet hours. DO NOT OVERFILL THE MACHINES. HALFWAY FULL IS THE MOST A MACHINE CAN HANDLE.

CHECKING IN
The house and your bedroom have coded lock. Each guest gets their personal code that works for the front door and their bedroom door. The codes are changed between guests.

PARKING
There is driveway parking for two cars overnight. It is not assigned to any particular person. Otherwise, there is free street parking.

BIKES
Absolutely no bikes in the house. There is plenty of space in the backyard to store bikes.

Before you book the wrong place, just know that for things to run smoothly in this type of shared home, we need to run a tight ship. We have rules that we will enforce, so don’t be surprised if we call you out on some violation.

Since this is a shared home, we reserve the right to enter the shared space for cleaning or maintenance without giving advanced notice. Your bedroom is your private space and we would never enter the bedroom without advanced notice and your permission.

We expect a certain standard of behavior from everyone, though we cannot guarantee that everyone will follow the standard we have set. Our only recourse is to cancel the booking of people who violate the house policies. If you feel someone is being disrespectful, you must let us know immediately. We want the opportunity to talk to the other guest and not find out about offensive behavior after your stay has ended.

Guest access
You have equal access to the shared space in the home and the backyard. You are not allowed to access the other guest rooms under any circumstance. We may leave doors open on vacant rooms. This is not an invitation to enter. We do this for better air circulation and for the heat and A/C to work better.

Other things to note
The backyard is for use of all tenants. Please respect the quiet hours when in the backyard. We have a good relationship with our neighbors and we don't want to spoil that.

($1,965 monthly, originally $2,455)