The good: This apartment is in an amazing location/neighborhood. It’s pretty quiet with plenty of restaurants and grocery stores nearby. The embarcadero is a 5 minute walk and you are literally 1 block from ATT Park. Additionally, the actual apartment building is quite nice as well. There’s an outdoor terrace with pool, jacuzzi, and grills as well as a small gym. The inside of the apartment was clean and communication with the host was very good.
The bad: It’s clear that this apartment is not intended to be stayed in for long periods of time, and if it is, then the host should consider making some serious upgrades. Kitchen equipment is extremely limited. You get a couple pots and pans, some baking sheets, and that’s about it. There’s about 3 sets of silverware too and 1 chef’s knife in the entire place so you’re constantly doing dishes. There wasn’t even a toaster so I had to buy one myself. Additionally, the TV is old/tiny, the kitchen sink is leaky (if you turn the grinder on you may get sprayed), the smoke detectors frequently went off for no reason so I had to detach them completely (no spare batteries in the place of course), and there were no basic household supplies to even try to clean up with like dish soap, sponges, scrubbers, Clorox wipes, paper towels, toilet paper, etc.
If staying here for a few nights and you’re not planning to be in the apartment much, then this place is great due to the location and ease/cleanliness. If you’re planning to fully live in this apartment for an extended period of time, however, I think you could get far better value elsewhere because this place isn’t cheap by any means. Overall, I had a good experience, but there were certainly quite a few things that didn’t meet expectations for living here full time.