Steve's place is great -- I stayed a month and had a good experience.
- Communication: Steve is great, kind and extremely responsive to your needs and questions over messages quickly.
- Room: The room had mostly everything you needed for an extended stay. There is plenty of cabinet and drawer space available in the room for belongings and pantry items. The queen bed was comfortable, and the desk with 3 chairs was ideal for getting some work done in the evening. There is a sizable closet for clothes. Room came with several personal cooking items (although not any great non-stick pans), silverware/plates/cups, microwave, toaster, toaster oven, and a minifridge. TV was functional. Lighting in room was sufficient and there is a lot of natural light from the 3 windows in the afternoon. Bathroom was clean, shower takes some time to get warm, but otherwise everything else good. The room is part of a house with other units; there isn't a shared living room space, but there is a shared kitchen. Given there are other guests, just remember that everyone may have their own level of cleanliness they adhere to. Only really needed the kitchen for stove and washing dishes since everything else was available in my room. Just note that the walls are relatively thin, so you can hear people if they are in the kitchen as well as the footsteps/any loud noise of the person above you, although this didn't bother me that much.
- Location: On border of inner and outer sunset areas, and walking distance to many restaurants, especially yummy Asian food, and Golden Gate park. Neighborhood seemed safe, and I felt comfortable walking around in evening/night time. It does get pretty foggy in this area in particular sometimes. The neighborhood is pretty quiet itself so you don't hear much noise from outside.
- Transport: Street parking is free and easy to find around the neighborhood. Even if you struggle with parallel parking, you can usually find a spot easy enough to park in. There is Muni train and bus stops 3-minute walk away.
- UCSF: 25-minute walk to Parnassus campus or 15-minute ride on the Muni train (N). About 40 Muni bus ride with 1 transfer to Mt. Zion campus. About 50 minute Muni train then bus transfer to Mission Bay campus.