I stayed for a month at Michaels place. At first I was disappointed to find the place only superficially clean. The sofa itself and couch cushions are stained heavily, so is the couch table which looks a bit yuk, I found food remains stuck to the carpets, kitchen shelves, drawers and kitchen equipment were sticky. Bathroom and bedrooms were nice and clean though. With the cleaning supplies provided in the flat I managed to clean everything to my satisfaction and also Michael stepped in straight away to help and he provided a bunch of kitchenware basics, that were lacking before, so that the kitchen is now equipped perfectly to cook just like one would at home. Communication with Michael was always super quick and helpful.
The master bed was soo comfy, the dishwasher was a delight, so was the flatscreen tv, wifi was fast meaning Netflix etc worked perfectly for me on it. The shower is nice and big, just be aware that the water doesn’t get ultra hot in case you’re someone who likes taking steaming hot showers - it does get sufficient warm though.
I have to mention that the flat is noisy in the sense that you can hear the next door neighbours talking and watching tv through the walls, and they were up quite late during my stay. However, this might just be a SF housing kind of thing, I’ve heard it’s common to hear your neighbours living in SF (I wasn’t used to it). Also there was construction going on on the ground floor, which obviously comes with noise. However, zero street noise, so if the house is silent everything’s perfectly calm. I also quite enjoyed the view out of the living room window looking out into everyone’s backyard with their trees and witnessed a few beautiful sunsets from there.
The location deserves 5 stars. Supermarket and restaurants minutes away, literally 3min walk and you’re getting gourgeous views in holly park, add another 10min uphill and you’re getting the priceless full skyline including golden gate archs on sunny days at bernal heights park.
To sum up: I would return any time and you couldn’t ask for a better host than Michael!