Nice room+bathroom suite with a private entrance. Smoke/pet-free! Your suite is next to my cute, 1950's desert home just 1 mi. from ASU Tempe campus. Included: Microwave, fridge, coffee/tea, waters, (no kitchen), cooling-gel memory foam mattress, luxury linens, iron & board, wi-fi, desk, smart TV with Ntflx, Prime, local channels. Park for free in the driveway in front of suite. Short walks to light rail/buses. Close to the airport, desert hikes, stores, cultural and sports venues and more!
The space
This is an exceptionally-clean, very comfortable room+bathroom suite with its own private entrance. You have a large, beautiful shower with great water pressure, laptop desk, microwave, fridge, and coffee maker (no cooking stove), space heater, quiet tower fan with sleep settings and remote control, ironing board and iron, hairdryer, shampoo/conditioner/body wash, and more.
Park for free in the driveway right in front of your suite, use Uber or Lyft, or walk 2-7 minutes to one of many nearby bus/light-rail stops (including "Orbit," Tempe's free shuttle bus system.)
I own and live in the cute, 1950's desert-style house next door. Your suite is separated from my house with a thick brick wall and sound-buffering panels, so you can relax in peace. I give my guests all the privacy they want, but I'm available via text/call if you need anything! (I provide my number on the in-room guide.)
My clothes washer/dryer are in my home, but I can help you do a load of laundry for free if I'm home. If you need more than one load washed, I'll be happy to recommend one of the laundry mats nearby.
Located in a low-traffic cul-de-sac, my place is perfectly situated for resting deeply. Tempe is at the center of the metro-Phoenix region of the Sonoran Desert and close to countless attractions!
You'll be just 10 minutes from Sky Harbor Int'l Airport, and only 1 mile from the gorgeous Tempe Campus of Arizona State University. Schedule a tour of ASU Tempe Campus to explore cutting-edge research facilities and architecture, and visit its Space Museum and Marston Exploration Theater where ASU's work with NASA is on full display.
Try foods from around the world, dining-in or using one of the many food delivery apps. Experience nearby nature trails, Tempe Town Lake, the Desert Botanical Gardens, or the Phoenix Zoo.
Sports lovers, we have it all: amazing golf courses, ASU Sun Devil's teams, Mercury and Phoenix Suns basketball, Cardinals, Rattlers and Phoenix Rising football, Diamondbacks baseball, Nascar, and more. The Chicago Cubs' beautiful practice stadium is 2 miles away.
Fine arts and culture lovers have globally-renowned options in a range of world-class museums such as Phoenix Art Museum and the Musical Instrument Museum. Top notch performances by Ballet Arizona, The Phoenix Opera, Phoenix Symphony, Phoenix Chorale, and at our many regional arts centers are always a treat! Also, just a mile away is ASU's Gammage Theater, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, where you can catch a Broadway play.
[**Automatic bookings can be made for up to 15 days per booking. To stay longer, make multiple bookings and allow a cleaning pro access to clean and change linens between each booking. This is required to keep the property in top shape for future guests.]
Guest access
Parking is free in the driveway or on the street in front of the house. Without a personal car, Lyft, Uber or Waymo are the quickest ways to get around. You will also be a very short walk (3-6 minutes) from multiple stops for mass transit, including Light Rail, Valley Metro buses, and the free "Orbit" buses which circulate through Tempe. For public transportation schedules, just use G00gle Maps (with the "train" icon selected), or the trip planner in the "Valleymetro" website.
FOOD:
There are countless nearby places to eat. Find specialty coffee or craft beers, etc.! Many food delivery services operate here: GrubHub, UberEats, Postmates, GoPuff, Doordash, Instacart, etc. Also nearby are a range of grocery options, including health food, international/ethnic, and convenience stores. (Use an app like "Yelp" to find everything you want).
Our Sonoran Desert air is very dry. Visitors should actively take in more water and electrolytes than usual. Our local rule is: "Prevent thirst. Thirst means you're already dehydrated."
GENERAL RECREATION/TOURISM
Nearby, you'll find endless options to explore: sports; museums; fine and performing arts; shopping at farmers markets, luxury brand stores and everything in between; hiking and nature walks (online, see Tempe Town Lake, Desert Botanical Gardens, Phoenix Zoo, Papago Park, and South Mountain trails); Native American sites and events; international cultural events; world-class restaurants; and more. (Search tips: look up "Tempe Tourism" or check out local events calendars on the "AZCentral" website which lets you select "Where >> Tempe" .)
ABOUT THIS LOCATION:
Our neighborhood, "Alegre Neighborhood" is very friendly, diverse, and home to many working-class families with children and pets. It was established in the 1940s-50s, when more single-family housing was needed for WWII veterans with G.I. bills, and members of Tempe's thriving international community. In the 80s-90s, the neighborhood fell into disrepair. We are now in rapid transition/gentrification: many houses are being renovated (or "flipped"), old is being torn down and new construction is all around us. The houses in our cul-de-sac, and some along E. Don Carlos, are among the few "historic" originals left in our ("Alegre") neighborhood, most having been replaced by apartments and other new developments. As you explore our area, it's interesting to note the stark contrasts between Tempe's "new style," exemplified along Apache Blvd., and its "historic look," well-preserved in the neighborhood directly west of us (in G00gle Maps, search for "University Heights, Tempe"), and in neighborhoods directly west of ASU's Tempe Campus. Noteworthy are the unique signature attributes of historic Tempe construction: small houses with large yards; adobe, stucco, cement block construction; lower-ceilings; etc. These were built before central air conditioning was common, so cooling was managed by dividing interiors into tiny rooms to be cooled individually and having only a few, strategically-placed windows. Many houses had more windows added after central A/C became affordable.
If you like history, there's much to explore, both ancient and recent, about Tempe! See the Tempe History Museum and Arizona Heritage Center at Papago Park; use the history/art interactive maps (search tip: Interactive Maps City of Tempe), and find other online resources (Search tips: Museums in Tempe, Tempe history, Tempe gentrification, Tempe tourism, City of Tempe Rock Art (ancient petroglyphs/hieroglyphs), and Hieroglyphic Trail).
A FEW FUN FACTS ABOUT HERE:
- Here, in the Sonoran Desert, is the only place on Earth where saguaro cactus grow wild. Along the drive up to Flagstaff, you can see our amazing saguaro forests.
- AZ state flower: the Saguaro Cactus Blossom.
- Tempe Town Lake was completely dry from the 1920's to 1999. It's now a must-see urban lake with fun activities (i.e. kayaking...) and events (i.e. live concerts, craft fairs, boat parades...)
- AZ was the very last of the lower 48 states to become a state, on Valentine's Day, Feb. 14, 1912. If you see "State 48" on a sign or t-shirt, that's AZ. (Lower 48 means all states except AK and HI.)
- AZ is the US state with the greatest percentage of acreage designated as Native American tribal land. (Tempe shares borders with the lands of Pima, Maricopa, and Pascua Yaqui tribes.)
- AZ was part of Mexico until 1848.
- Spanish is used in more than 1/5 of Arizona's homes.
- ASU is the largest public university in the U.S.; Tempe Campus is its largest and oldest campus, established in 1886 as Territorial Normal School.
- ASU is 'home' to students and researchers from more than 135 countries.
- AZ is 1 of the only 2 states that do not observe Daylight Savings Time (which we love!).
- After World War II, the availability of refrigeration and A/C caused Arizona's population to boom; Phoenix became one of the US's fastest-growing cities.
Other things to note
- Let me know in advance if you will have a car to park.
- All linens are laundered in scent-free products.
- Due to allergies, this entire property is strictly pet/smoking/vaping free! (Even minor violations result in immediate eviction and fees for remediation services.)
