Apartment needed for 8--12 months

Mature professor and wife, former home-owners in Atherton and Menlo Park, now Visiting Fellow at Hoover Institution, seek 1 BR furnished apartment or garden cottage for 8 to 12 months. Starting late August or early September (flexible). Scrupulous housekeepers, non-smokers, no pets, quiet liefstyle. References available from Stanford faculty and local real estate agents.