The location to SF for the price was juuuuust barely on the edge for us. But still got 5 star for location due to view from the patio plus gorgeous neighborhood plus vicinity to the lake. The Oakland tax plus cleaning fee plus Airbnb fee brought our price up an additional 150 and it was hard to bite that bullet. If you have to plan an event in SF it’s pretty much an all day thing. However, the travel from the house around the lake to the BART is really fun if you like to ride scooters and only takes about 35 mins to get to SF from the house! The charm of the house is what kept me interested as it really made my first trip to SF simply magical. I loved having a nice cup of coffee on the patio every morning. Coffee was provided by Heidi and saved us a lot of trips to the coffee shop. She also provided some tasty snacks and juice that were completely unexpected and thoughtful.
I also really appreciate when there is a Bluetooth speaker or auxiliary hook up for some music. There wasn’t here but we are younger clientele so I understand and playing music off our phones wasn’t bad at all as the living room was super cozy. I still would have stayed here for the charm no matter what. Bring a portable speaker if that’s important to you.
Walls in the duplex on the connecting wall seemed to be a little thin but Heidi didn’t seem to mind us having late night/early morning conversations and some mild 3am shenanigans.
Check out was at 11 and Heidi was kind enough to allow our hungovers to simmer for another hour even though she had another booking that day. Our flight didn’t leave until 8pm that night and she was kind enough to keep our bags safe while we went and saw the Golden Gate Bridge. What a fantastic trip and a fantastic host!