Stanford Report, March 8, 2006

Housing

RENTALS AVAILABLE Palo Alto

AVAILABLE JUNE-AUGUST with 3-mo. lease. Fully furnished South Palo Alto home with solar heated swimming pool. 3BR/2BA plus den, living room, dining room, laundry room. Near gourmet grocery, shopping areas and Mitchell Park on quiet cul-de-sac. $2800 plus utilities and telephone. HD cable TV and Internet hookups available. Includes yard man and house-cleaner. Call Kathy at (650) 493-1728 or email krb110@comcast.net.

KARRAS APARTMENTS: 2BR/1BA. Private garage, second floor. Downtown, quiet, furnished or unfurnished. No pets, no smoking. $1850/mo. Lease and references required. Call Sophia at (650) 328-4320, cell (650) 630-2988.

MID-APRIL TO end of July 2006 (flexible): Fully furnished 2+BR/1BA home. Quiet study, family room, fully equipped kitchen, laundry room with W/D, and one-car garage. Piano and fireplace in living room. Hardwood floors, brick patio, redwood trees, rose garden, back yard. Three miles to Stanford. No smoking, no pets. Palo Alto schools. $2000/mo. Deposit required. Utiities not included. Call (650) 321-5929 or email daletatum@hotmail.com.

Stanford

CAMPUS RENTAL. One bedroom condo available for visiting faculty between April 29 and August 10, preferably for a minimum of ten weeks. Large living room with eating corner, private deck, 1BR/1BA. Pool, jacuzzi, laundry facilities in club area. Negotiable rent. Write prwilton@yahoo.com.

OUT OF COUNTRY London

CENTRAL CHELSEA, 1BR fully and comfortably furnished and equipped apartment. Excellent shops, restaurants and bus around the corner. Also walking distance to tube, parks, museums. Nonsmokers only. £600/week or £1600/mo. Email groagbel@stanford.edu or call (650) 325-0815.

VACATION RENTALS Monterey Bay/La Selva Beach

GREAT BEACH HOUSE that sleeps up to ten people. Beautiful ocean view. Sauna, fireplace, pool table, cable TV/VCR, well-equipped kitchen, washer/dryer. Just 50 minutes from Stanford. Perfect place for family reunions, retreats or weekend getaway. Four golf courses nearby. Call Anne at (650) 493-1717 or email greineranne@hotmail.com.

Puget Sound, Washington

SUMMER CABIN. Easy access to Olympic Peninsula and British Columbia. Spectacular mountain view, eight acres woods, private beach access, swimming, beach walks. Large family room fireplace and wood-burning stove. Fully equipped kitchen, outside BBQ and deck. Sleeps 7+. $1000/week, $200/night (min two nights). Available June 1 to Aug (negotiable)-Sept and Oct. Local contact: Mary, (650) 424-4384. For reservations email sripley@aol.com.

HOUSING NEEDED Stanford

ARE YOU GOING on sabbatical? Vacation? On extended leave from your home, pets, plants and incoming mail? Professional home sitter/pet attendant/plant caretaker/mail attendant/day and night security watcher now available for any length of time you desire. Very experienced, ultra-responsible. Please call Lee Hatcher for prompt reply and interview at (650) 454-0483 or email leehatcher777@yahoo.com. References available. Other locations considered.

Stanford vicinity

AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2006 through June/July 2007 (dates flexible). Approximately 40 fully furnished houses, apartments or condominiums needed for Fellows and their families coming to the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences for the academic year 2006-2007. Please call Christine Duignan at the Center, (650) 321-2052, ext. 306 or email christy@casbs.stanford.edu.

FAMILY FROM FINLAND with three kids (9-, 14-, and 16-year-old sons) seeks furnished 3-4BR house or apartment from early April until mid-June. We are a nice, nonsmoking family (I am currently a Stanford fellow, my wife a physician). Please call Jyrki Alkio at (650) 283-0630 or email jyrki.alkio@gmail.com. We are also willing to swap our lovely house in Helsinki, Finland for the period, if interested.

RETIRED STANFORD PHYSICIAN and wife are looking for a long-term (6 months to one year) housesitting opportunity in the Stanford area. Available this spring and beyond. Please phone JoAnn at (510) 524-3069.

TWENTY FULLY FURNISHED and equipped houses, apartments, condos for incoming Knight Fellows and their famlies for academic year 2006-2007. Call Barbara Meyers at (650) 725-1192 or email bmeyers@stanford.edu.

HOUSING EXCHANGE Cornell/Stanford

CORNELL UNIVERSITY professor on sabbatical at Stanford from summer 2006 to summer 2007 is looking to swap houses with anyone in the Stanford area who may be planning or considering a similar sabbatical at Cornell in Ithaca, New York. We are looking for at least 3BR/2BA and close proximity to Stanford; in Ithaca, we have a 5BR/2.5BA house adjacent to the Cornell campus. If interested, call (607) 254-4904 or email kw74@cornell.edu.

Oxford

HOUSE WANTED in California as a base for a holiday for family from Oxford, England. We are looking for a house in August (for about two weeks) in exchange for our house for the same period. We are a family of 4 (2 children aged 7 and 9) and have a Victorian house in central north Oxford (Jericho) near the city center and train station (regular fast trains into London). Please email Cathy Landell-Mills at cathy.jamieson@kingstonda.co.uk.