Dave was a great host who responded incredibly quickly to emails and provided us with lots of recommendations on places to go as well as instructions on how things worked around the house. The house itself is bright, airy and stylish with polished wooden floors. You can also sit out on the verandah when the weather's good. It's about 30 minutes by tram to downtown San Fransisco and between 5-15 minute walk to public transport (depending on whether you take the tram, metro, bus, train). If we'd had more time, we'd have liked to explore a little more around Mission district as there are some good local restaurants.