Basil was a great host, supportive and accommodating. We enjoyed our stay and would be happy to return in the future. We found Noe Valley a cosy and friendly part of San Francisco with a small town feeling, yet close to the city centre. We found many good mid range places to wine and dine while the really top notch restaurants are not to be found in Noe Valley.

The apartment was of good standard in a 3 story building with a shop on the ground floor and steep stairs to the 1st and 2nd floors, each with 2 apartments of which we believe that 3 units are only used for “professional” Airbnb rental by Basil. Ours (unit 4) was on the top floor facing the back and was very quiet, which we appreciated. It only faces other houses and backyards, and there is major construction work / house building going on (June 2016) in the next door property, but nothing that disturbed us.

We did not use the kitchen at all, but it seemed to be well equipped. The bed was large and of excellent quality. The lounge area quite spacious and the free Internet / wifi worked really well. The bathroom had a great shower and everything you could expect, but was not so large. Amenities such as toilet paper, soap and shampoo as well as nice towels were provided.

There was a problem with an annoying pounding noise that we believe originates from the varying water pressure in combination with a loose water pipe behind the wall in the shower unit. It came and went irregularly during our 6 days visit (day and night), but we got rid of it during the night by closing the main water valve under the kitchen sink.

All in all, we are glad to recommend both the apartment and Basil as a host!