This is a very special historic home with tons of space, lots of charm, and in an incredible location. Our family stayed here for two months while doing a kitchen remodel in our house.
We live close by so know the neighborhood, but it was a treat getting to know it better this way. Precita is a charming street with many interesting and friendly neighbors, and with tons of great restaurants and bars right nearby. You don't need a car but the parking makes life easier.
As for the house itself, it's beautiful inside and out. It's an old Victorian, though, so the layout is a little weird. There are two kitchens, although we never used the downstairs one other than to store our bikes. (The fridge in that kitchen rattled so loudly that we unplugged it, in fact). We had plenty of room for our kids to do their zoom-school and one of us to work at home and for a grandparent to come for an extended visit as well.
The kitchen upstairs was updated fairly recently, with a pretty complete IKEA setup. It all works well enough. For the most part there is plenty of everything, although we found that we needed more glasses and pots and pans. Fortunately we had easy access to our stuff, which we brought over. And we left a few glasses so hopefully that's less of a problem for folks in the future. The kitchen upstairs has a table big enough for 5 or 6, but it's not huge. And the other table is way downstairs so not something you're likely to use for meals. Given how big the house is I think it could use a larger table but it worked fine for our group.
There are three bedrooms upstairs and two bedrooms downstairs (there is also another apartment way down with separate access behind the house that we didn't use). The bedrooms all have very comfortable mattresses and what looks like new sheets/comforters. The furniture is, for the most part, all IKEA. I get why folks do that, as outfitting a house as big as this would be expensive, but the prevalence of IKEA furniture gives the house a cheaper feel than I think it deserves and takes something away from the historic feel of the place that you get from the outside. Also it seems like any of the dressers, shelves, etc., could break at any moment and sometimes did (like the shelf falling off the wall because it was incorrectly hung and the front of one of the drawers coming off occasionally because that's pretty much what all IKEA dressers do). None of this really detracted from our experience, but I think it goes into deciding whether this house is worth the money or not; if you're expecting a house outfitted with all super high-end furniture and fixtures, you might be a little disappointed. But if you recognize that you're paying for an unusually large single family home in a very desirable location (where there are not a ton of places this big to rent), it's probably worth the money. Also worth noting is that the house is pet-friendly, which probably goes into the equation regarding the quality of furniture. I'm not sure I'd expose a bunch of quality furniture to renters with pets, either.
The bathrooms have charming claw foot tubs and new fixtures, as well as plenty of new towels and washcloths. The one thing that must be mentioned is that the plumbing is not modernized; as such, you are not supposed to flush toilet paper down the toilets. You put all toilet paper in the trash bins next to the toilet. If you've never done this in Central America or some parts of Europe, it might be a bit of a shock and is certainly not something you'd expect from a relatively updated house in SF these days. We all got used to it, though, and frankly it was really not a big deal. Even our kids adjusted quickly (although I will note that one of my kids forgot once, and I paid the price with having to unclog the toilet. So take those signs seriously!).
Overall we had a wonderful stay here and would definitely rent it again. It's a super comfortable home in a great location with plenty of space. We were lucky to find a home big enough for our needs in this neighborhood and are very glad it all worked out so well.