Housing - Family or Apartment?

(started in 1993, updated 1995, updated 1996, updated 1997)

You have to choose between the two possibilities. We can't give a recommendation for one of them, because nobody made really bad experiences with his or her choice. If you find out that you have chosen the wrong one, change your mind!
To give you and your HP manager some support, we started the following two lists:

Bay-Area

List of Families

(We asked each family, if they agree to appear in the table. It is NO garantee, that they have room for you!)

Name	Address	HP phone	Home Phone
Balon, Tom & Sylvia	San Francisco	(408) 447-7116	(415) 587-1687
Buonanno, Mark & Nobuko	Sunnyvale	(650) 857-2741	(408) 749-9476
Gillmore, Bob & Cherri	Sunnyvale	(650) 857-2904	(408) 248-8043
Herbert, Mike & Myla	San Jose	(650) 236-3124	(408) 879-0744
Rosa, Fatima	San Jose	(408) 746-5579	(408) 259-6304
Lee, May	Santa Clara	(408) 447-2370	(408) 249-9292
Vargas, Mike & Bill	San Jose	(650) 857-4506	(408) 255-7995
Menchaca Robert & Soledad	Hayward	(408) 553-4268	(510) 733-5448

List of Apartments

Stanford Villa Apartments
3375 Alma Street, Palo Alto, CA 94304, phone (650) 493-3303
Price: approx. $1100 per month
living room, kitchen, 2 bathrooms, 2 bedrooms for 4 persons
Equipment for the kitchen: approx. $130 per month

all together (with furniture): $1600 per month for 4 persons

There is a Renter's Digest for the Bay Area available where lots of apartments are advertised. This guide is free and you (or your manager) can find it in many shops and restaurant or at HP.

Furniture: In most apartments don't include furniture!

Luxury Furniture Rental Inc.
1167 N. Fairoaks Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94089, phone (408) 541-9000
Price: approx. $290 per month

If there's nothing available have a look at the Internet newsgroup ba.market.housing. I found an appartement for a friend there in just 5 minutes.

Santa Rosa

List of Families

Olga Trutenko
HP phone: 707-794-4901
Home phone: 707-523-2909
Walking distance to HP Fountaingrove

List of Apartments

Hopper Lane Apartments
1163 Hopper Ave.
Santa Rosa, CA 95403
phone: 707-526-9675
one bedroom, one bathroom, living room, kitchen
also: pool and small gym
$565 per month/unfurnished
Don't worry about the word "unfurnished". Just aks your co-workers for furniture. I just had to bue myself a mattress. All the other stuff I borrowed from friends.