We stayed at Ponge's house for 3 months and really loved it! The basement apartment gives you a lot of privacy, if you want, but we really loved to hang out with Ponge, have a joint beer or dinner. He is such a nice person and we really became friends now. There is also a nice balcony to the backyard which is nice to relax. As I was working on a research project I often did home office there or in the nice living room. Living together with Ponge was totally harmonic and we really felt at home. We also appreciated the nice, calm and totally save neighborhood. Bernal heights has a lot of nice tiny restaurants. In general, we were totally happy with the location, as there is good bus connection to the Mission district and to Noe Valley, Castro and Divisadero, which are all wonderful areas to hang out. The connection to downtown is also quite easy with the BART. Whenever we come back Ponge's place would be our first choice!