About the Homestay
- Welcomes
- Males
- Females
- Couples
- Families
- Students
Three rooms in spacious 5 bedroom Costa Mesa house, 2 full modern bathrooms, and kitchen, large open lounge and dining areas, fully furnished with furniture, Internet, High Definition widescreen smart TV, and a large double garage and storage areas. The house comes with a beautiful patio, BBQ, garden, and fruit trees.
The bedrooms are of good sizes (150 sq. ft plus). You are sharing with a family of four. Husband and wife are 40 years old environmental and financial professionals and two kids 15 and 12 years old who go to school every day and in bed by 8.30 pm.
House is quiet and in a safe, friendly, and beautiful neighborhood, 2 minutes walk to bus stops, 5 minutes to shops, 10-15 minutes drive to Newport Beach to Huntington Beach, and immediate access to freeways (1-minute drive and you are on the freeway), South Coast Plaza, Fountain Valley, Westminster, Santa Ana, Irvine are close by. It is within walking distance to Orange Coast College, Whittier Law School, National University, The Art Institute, a short bicycle ride to Vanguard University, and 10-minute drive to UC Irvine.
There are frequent buses to Newport Beach and South Coast Plaza and John Wayne Airport nearby.
We look for guests who:
- Are not smokers/ users of any drugs/prescribed chronic medications
- Are quiet, responsible, clean, and respectful.
- Have no pets
- Acceptable to sharing two bathrooms.
Guests need to provide copies of their passport/driver's licence and verifiable references.
Additional Info
There is no better way to learn a foreign language than to speak it in everyday situations. Your host Rowan and Tho offers qualified language instruction in her native language English. Half an hour of instruction costs 30.00 USD. The classes will be given by the host himself at the accommodation.
The room rate includes the following services: regular room cleaning, laundry, and internet access
Additional available services at an extra charge (payable directly to your host on arrival):
Pick up service: 20.00 USD one-way from Santa Ana Airport
Bedrooms available for booking
About the Area
Our home is in a classic Californian setting with tall Beverly Hills style palm trees lining the street. This is a quiet suburban street with on-street parking and in a safe neighborhood. The location is within a five-minute walk of the grocery store, bank, restaurants, pharmacy, and bus stop. The house is one block from Paularino Park and 15 minutes from Surf City (Huntington Beach) or Newport Beach. It's also less than five miles from UCI and only a couple of miles to Orange Coast College. It's also a ten-minute walk from the Orange County Fairgrounds which is the area's largest outdoor venue for sports, fairs, expos, and concerts.
Local Area Facilities
- Park
- Beach
- Shopping Centre
- Bus Stop
- Train station
- Hospital
Meals
Hosts can offer a complimentary light breakfast at their discretion. All other meals, including a full breakfast, might incur an additional cost, if offered. Meals and any additional payment should be arranged directly with your host.
Included in the stay
- Complimentary Light Breakfast
- Use of Kitchen
House Rules
Please keep our home secure and lock the front door when entering and leaving the house
Please do not adjust the heat settings yourself, please ask me and my husband and I will happily do it for you
Keep noise to a minimum after midnight, please.
Please do not invite strangers into our home; if you would like to invite a friend over, please check with me in advance.
Please enjoy your stay and treat our house as you would your own home!
Smoking Rules
Your host is a non-smoker.
Smoking is not allowed.
10 Reviews
January 2024
Tho family were a friendly and welcoming family! They are also generous, and are interested in involving the guest in their activities and conversations. Children are very smart and you can have deep conversations with them. Thank you, wonderful family
Host reply
August 2023
Wonderful stay the accommodated me last minute and it couldn’t have been a better experience! Very nice people and I would definitely stay here again!
July 2023
Family is very kind to me. An experience here is essential to the journey.
Host reply
August 2018
It was a real pleasure meeting and getting to know Rowan and Tho, my stay was very comfortable and peaceful... I’ll be back!!!
July 2017
We are so HAPPY everything the same as home from home.
Thank you very muchMay 2017
Their house is situated in a nice and serene place so going there after a busy day was very calming. The family too was approachable and attentive to our needs even though we didn't have a chane to engage in long conversation with them since both of us were busy. But in sum, I recommend this place to those who are looking for a nice house and room to stay in Irvine. But if you're going to rent the Sun Room, I recommend that you clarify it first with them if the posted price already includes both double beds, not just one because in our case we had to pay an extra fee for the other bed.
July 2016
Wonderful family environment. Very laid back and friendly people. Would recomend
May 2015
I had a very enjoyable time staying with Rowan and Tho. They are very nice people and their children are well-behaved. Their schedule is quite busy and they are gone often, but if you needed anything they always took care of it.
February 2015
I stayed over for about 2 weeks at this place. Nicely furnitured, clean bathroom, and a clean kitchen that was easily accessible to cook. As a college student, it was a good cost efficient choice to stay here considering the convenience, accessibility, and the location. It is a family who is the host, a very welcoming and friendly couple with two kids. Despite the kids' ages, they were really cute, polite, and quiet at home. Convenience wise, they have a cleaner lady who comes to clean the room for you if you stay here for a certain period of time, and willing to let her clean. The location here was close to many highly rated restaurants on yelp, and about only a mile distance to a huge South Coast Plaza mall. Having a good kitchen, enough space in the refrigerator, and a lot of utencils and dishes made it really easy for me to cook.
November 2013
Located in quiet and safe area. Have nice clean rooms for single or couple with a comfortable bed. It takes only 5 minutes by walk to supermarket, restaurants and the bus stop that goes to New Port Beach. The host family is very helpful and open to different cultures, so nice to talk with. There might be other stayers as they have 3 guest rooms but the family seems to accept decent people only, so you won't be disturbed or feel uncomfortable because of that. If you are visiting or staying near the area for study or sight seeing(mostly for staying at beach), I recommend the stay at this family.
How do I book?
Contact the host to check their availability and ask them any questions you have about staying with them. Once the host confirms they’re available for your dates, you can complete your booking.
When do I pay?
Once a host confirms they're available, you can go ahead and pay the 15% booking fee (maximum of 250 $£€ for longer term bookings) and a 25% deposit using a choice of payments: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Maestro, Laser, JCB & PayPal. The deposit is collected in advance on behalf of the host to protect against no show or late cancellations (within 7 days of arrival). You then pay your host the balance due on arrival. The 25% deposit payment is made to the host 2 business days after your scheduled arrival date. This deposit payment will only be refunded if you cancel the booking at least 7 full days prior to arrival.
When can I share my contact details?
Host and Guest email address, phone number and home address will be exchanged in a confirmation email sent to both immediately after a booking is completed. It's against our policy for Guests and Hosts to exchange direct contact details via our messaging system.