We stayed at the apartment for six weeks. It was a great home base for us.
Pros:
- Location! Next door to Buena Vista park, right in the Haight, walk to everything you need, 30 min bus ride to downtown, easy access to GG park as well
- the light in the main room is great
- lots of space for the money (two bedrooms, a large kitchen, mudroom, and a nice living room area)
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Cons:
- some of the appliances were a bit janky - the dishwasher wasn't really installed right, the microwave would sometimes just cut out randomly
- the thermostat never worked right. Jan came over to fix it once but it just crapped out again. We just managed temperature by covering the vents
- We didn't have a mail key so we were unable to get mail there
- There were ants in the apartment. This is pretty common in old SF apartments, especially during the rainy season. We managed this by just being careful to not leave anything out that they liked, and that worked well enough. But there were usually stray ants here and there, patrolling around the place
- The shower is kind of weird - it was hard to turn it off without scalding or freezing myself, and also it was kind of short.
Anyways, overall I'd definitely recommend the place, although it has a few quirks, like you'd expect from a short-term rental/old SF apartment. But honestly getting any 2 BR in this location is awesome. I hope we come back!