The house is wonderful, we stayed over Christmas so while it was cold outside with the heating on inside it was warm and cosy. We chose Carol's house as we liked the fact that it was more homely than some of the more cleaner clinical rentals available in the same area but the main reason was for the easy access to downtown San Francisco which is superb. Local transport is a couple of blocks away and there is always the usual Uber which for a family of four works out very well to go downtown. Also the garage with it's off street parking is a great bonus as although parking is free around the house it is quiet difficult to find places. The living room and dining room are well laid out and perfect for the mornings waiting to go out and the evenings when you get back to talk about the day. Carol very kindly left a welcoming bottle of wine which was gratefully received and a nice touch. The dining room leads on to the kitchen which has everything you need and a lot more which is one of the only comments against it. This is Carol's home and it shows so while there is everything you should need for your stay there is also little room for your own purchases which we ended up leaving on the counter tops. Whilst that is no great difficulty it does then make cooking in the kitchen a bit of a game of moving things around to get the room to cook. It would be nice if Carol could clean out at least one cupboard which she could dedicate to her renters. We did find ants a few days after we arrived which meant throwing away a small amount of food that had been left on the counters as there was no storage space. The main bedroom bed was gorgeous, very comfortable and spacious and while we didn't watch much television other than New Years celebrations it seemed there was enough channels to watch for those of you that need to. The only problem in both the main and second bedroom was again the lack of storage space. Every drawer was full so we had to keep our own clothes in our suitcases. Not a great challenge but it would have been good to have somewhere to put our own things. When we mentioned it to Carol she was happy for us to move some things out of the closet so she was willing to adapt but it would have been nice not to have had to ask. The house has a separate downstairs rental room and a bathroom which Carol had rented over the New Year at the same time we were there to which we agreed to, she did ask us as we had booked the whole house, but we didn't realize until we got there that who ever rents the downstairs has access to the whole house as...