Colin and Julie are terrific hosts! They have done great work to design and furnish a lovely guest apartment so efficiently in a cozy space. Their communication is solid, taking time to connect quickly before and during our stay about whatever.
This is an amazing space: tidy and welcoming; central and comfortable; stylish and personal all at once. A++ for families: Ground floor access, simple and useful appointments inside; a less-is-more aesthetic; just enough room to set up efficiency-type sleeping arrangements for two parents and a child (or two if they’re smallish, as ours are). And a wonderful yard! So rare in the City, this one is dreamy: during our morning start-ups and evening wind-downs, the trampoline was our kids’ fast friend; the patch if grass, their playpen. And a fire table for us, when the kids got tv-time…Perfect!
Know that the partial kitchen space is tiny and equipped like one you’d find in a hotel room: it has storage cupboards, microwave-dorm fridge-coffee maker-water boiler, and a nice deep laundry-type wash basin, but that’s about it. There is a full-size washer-dryer, which worked out even better for us.
We really enjoyed eating out all week anyway: this unit’s location is probably its best feature. Walk the Divis and lower haight corridors with ease; Muni/bike everywhere else in short and easy order. Staying here is so much more fulfilling than the hotel/motel districts, if you like connecting to neighborhood vibes and exploring the City of real folks and their work, lives, art & music.
Parking is as one should expect: challenging. Finding spaces is not so bad, but during M-F the neighborhood has a permit program in effect, limiting street parking to 2-hours. The whole city is practically covered by these Residential Parking Permit areas now. I recommend using this page - https://www.sfmta.com/maps/residential-parking-permit-rpp-area-map - and try to street park in one of the gray “uncovered” areas. We tried that a bit but ultimately took our 2 tickets as “cost of doing business”. Weekends are fine.
I didn’t even mention the bathroom — maybe the nicest I’ve seen in a unit this type? Yes! Two words: Jet-tub. Do yourself a favor and book a few nights here, and enjoy!