Having read some great reviews we were incredibly disappointed upon arrival to find that the cottage was dirty and in desperate need of some TLC.

Firstly the positives:

Glen Park is a good quiet location with a lovely restaurant (Chenery Park) and organic grocery store only a five minute walk from the house. Glen Park Bart station is less than 10 minutes away.

Dana the host was responsive and sent useful directions and other information prior to our arrival.

There is a security light which comes on as you walk down to the back of the main house where the studio is located. Very useful if coming back in the dark as the street lights are poor.

Nice eco-friendly toiletries and good quality toilet paper provided for guests.

Nice prints of San Francisco on the walls and a nice(ish) view of houses and trees from the back window.

Electricity, plumbing, fridge and shower all work fine. The shower is over the bath.

Basic kitchen items are provided so you could cook all of your meals here if you wanted to.

There is a kettle, coffee maker, microwave and flat screen tv in the room.

Areas for improvement:

There was a bad smell in the studio for the duration of our stay.

The standard of hygiene fell short of our expectations to the extent that we did not think the place had been cleaned between guests. There was spilt sugar on the kitchen sideboard, coffee stains, the coffee maker was absolutely filthy and full of beans still, there were what looked like animal and human hairs on the sheets and neither the bed linen nor the towels smelt as though they had just been washed. Each of the 4 dining room chairs were absolutely covers in stains to the point that most people would have thrown them away or had them recovered. We found LEFTOVER FOOD IN THE OVEN STILL!

The light bulb for my bedside table had gone so there was no light.

The place was falling apart. The kitchen had a missing tile on one side and was very dated (years +). There was peeling paint and some mould in the bathroom.

The bed was much softer than we are used to. We prefer a medium/hard mattress.

To summarise, we wish we had not booked the cottage and would not stay again as we did not feel that the place was clean and did not feel comfortable staying there for this reason. We also felt that the photos show something that looks modern and well kept whereas in reality the place is falling apart and needs work. We didn't not feel that we got good value for money compared to other Airbnb studios in San Francisco.