Comfortably furnished 5-bedroom, 3-bath home available for 2016 Fall quarter (approximately 9/20-12/11, some flexibility). Zillow estimates the market rent on our house as $9,004/month (shocking, I know!), but we will be offering it at a substantial negotiated discount in return for taking care of two resident 10-year-old dogs, Riley and Koa, and one 9-year-old cat, Milo. (We could perhaps find an alternate placement for the cat.) We would also provide you with contact information for reliable pet sitters should you want to go away for any weekends in the fall. A family with one work-at-home or stay-at-home adult is preferred, because the animals are used to having someone around during the day. This is a 20-year-old two-story home in the lovely Barron Park neighborhood of Palo Alto, 2 1/2 miles from Stanford, with a bike path to the campus at the end of the street and public transportation and Highways 101 and 280 nearby. One of the bedrooms is set up as an office, and we will probably use another small bedroom for storage while we're gone, which would mean you would have three bedrooms (one with a King-sized bed, two with Queens) available for your use, plus an office. There's a family room with a flat-screen TV plus a more formal living room with a gas fireplace, plus a formal dining room and a modern eat-in kitchen and a large backyard with gas grill and orange, lemon and live oak trees. Parking will be available in the driveway. Piano and electric keyboard available for your use. One of Palo Alto's friendliest neighborhoods, with a delightful park, complete with two resident community-owned donkeys, at the end of our street! Contact ExiledtoParadise@gmail.com