This house was chosen as a rental because it had a garage. Dave and Lucile Packard moved into this house (3 room apartment on the first floor, while the landlady, Mrs. Lone Spencer, lived upstairs) and Bill Hewlett moved into the shed (picture later) in the back. Bill and Dave then began their quest to build the multi-national conglomerate in the garage with $538 as their working capital.

Dave and Bill split the $45 monthly rent for the house, shed and "the garage."