Shirin was very welcoming and helpful. I don't think I am a demanding guest, and I was out most of my one day and night stay. The room and the rest of the narrow flat are just as they appear to be in the photos that Shirin provides on her listing site. A water closet is next to the room with a full bath another door down. A rather stiff mattress, but that is the type I like. I would not recommend this place for anyone who is not sufficiently fit or fully ambulatory. The stairs going up from the ground level to the living quarters is steep and narrow and about 15 steps. The neighborhood is classic Mission, a mixture of hipsters, winos, artists, and regular folk. Good restaurants. Good independent bookstores. A world unto itself, to me the Mission district is San Francisco. Most of the rest of the city is for tourists., North Beach, e.g.