Our stay started off well, as Rick was accommodating in the fact that he let us check in early. Our flight had landed at 8:45am, and we arrived at the house around 10:30am. Rick showed us around, and then left us alone.
We were soon very dismayed, however. Upon spending an hour at the house by ourselves getting settled in, we discovered his house, and especially his kitchen, was not really clean to anyone's standards. Well, maybe to a bachelor's standards - which is what Rick is. I won't go into the cleanliness, or lack thereof, but suffice to say, most people would be appalled.
To his defense, he only accepted the reservation the evening before. Still, we're paying over $1000 Canadian per day, so we expected much better.
I informed Rick of our dissatisfaction, and he brought in professional cleaners while we were out the next day. We were pleasantly surprised when we returned that evening. The house was as it should have been when we first arrived - clean, and smelling clean.
Our only other concern was the fact that the house was advertised as having 3 bedrooms with 3 "real beds". In fact, the 3rd bedroom is an unfinished media room (no windows) and the "bed" is a very uncomfortable fold-out futon. This isn't acceptable as a bedroom, and shouldn't be advertised as such. Rick's comeback was that he thought, since we were 2 men and 2 women, we only needed 2 beds. That wasn't the case, and in any event, it shouldn't have been advertised as such.
On the positive side, the house is very nice, with stunning views of Oakland, the Bay, and San Francisco. We enjoyed relaxing back at the house after full days of exploring the Bay area. Rick has a great TV and DVR, and he had quite a few movies recorded, so we watched one every evening. We also enjoyed cooking our own breakfasts in the morning. We found the commute to San Fran to be stress-free and relatively short.
Rick was very accommodating when we asked advice on where to eat and go for entertainment.
Overall, I think Rick would be better prepared for future guests, and we would gladly stay there again.

Fred