Pros: Very quiet part of San Francisco (away from all the hustle and bustle of the city).
Li (aka Mandy) is very sweet, as she writes in her profile, a "bottle half full" type of person.
The bed in the master bedroom was very comfortable!
Li also offered us a nice down comforter.
My boyfriend mentioned the shower had strong water pressure.
Cons: I was pretty shocked to discover Li did not clean (according to airbnb's basic 5-step cleaning policy to which it's written on her profile she committed). Dishes in the cupboard were dirty! Dust was everywhere and some little hairs.
-It did not strike me as a "luxury" property as advertised. When I think of luxury, I think of clean, tidy, and new! But the bathroom tiles, some of them looked molded or blackish in colour, some of the doors were stained, the paint uneven on some surfaces or scratched....
-There was very little description of the property so I wasn't sure what to expect. It did say there would be a garden, the garden is a courtyard which you have to walk through in order to get to the apartment. While I was there, the courtyard appeared to be used as a disheveled storage space, with trashcans and clutter. I was surprised when the host suggested the outdoor sofa could be used as a space to relax!
-There was more furniture in the apartment than depicted in some of the photos. I imagined the apartment to be bright and airy. Instead, it was cluttered, there was an extra bench, extra little sofa (not in any of the photos), the chairs couldn't all fit around the dinning room table. The living room did not really fit us!
-In the photos, there is the impression the apartment is bigger than it is.
My conclusion is that this could be a very beautiful and cozy apartment and place to stay with some cleaning work, de-cluttering, and just a little bit of renovation.