For a month in San Francisco this was perfect for me. As a solo traveler the space was perfect and in a great neighborhoods of Bernal heights. I worked at St Luke’s ER for a month and this was a quick bike ride down the street. I felt safe biking in to work at 3:00 pm and home at 3:00 am through the neighborhood. Street parking was surprisingly easy to park my vehicle for the month and only moved it once to avoid street cleaning. The bed was very comfy with great bedding. Internet worked great for streaming and video calls.
The couple upstairs is very nice but does have 2 small children. My only problem was unique to me working till 3am. This was hard initially to sleep in because it sounded like bowling balls when the kiddos woke up in the morning. However this is everywhere in the city and I was able to put in earplugs and turned on 2 noise machines on high to sleep soundly. The studio is VERY bright which is lovely but I purchased some black out curtains and an eye mask to deal with my sleep schedule. Otherwise people waking up at 8am or earlier won’t have any issues with noise or light.
Overall the studio was much better than the pictures show or I had expected. It’s hard to find affordable places to stay in San Francisco that aren’t the size of a closet and this is 100% worth the costs.
It’s a about a 2 mile bike ride to almost anywhere downtown and there are secure bike lockers to use at many of the Bart stations. Or you can use the bike share, Baywheels located at the bottom of the hill. Revel mopeds are easily rented throughout the neighborhood too and these were easy and fun to ride around SF.