We wanted to wait a couple weeks before doing our review of Rachel’s place in order to let our initial disappointments mellow out a bit.
Rachel was very nice and personable but her place was way below what we have grown accustomed to over the past 15 years in San Francisco. The photos made it look much nicer than it was and it was frankly not as clean as it should have been and had a shabbiness around the edges that didn’t show in the pictures. The lighting was dim with several bulbs out (unreachable) and extension cords everywhere. The bathroom was tiny and moldy smelling and it was impossible to take a shower without flooding the floor. The upstairs bedroom didn’t have any place to keep clothes – no dresser or place to hang anything and there was no lock on the exterior door (we had to jam a shower rod in it to lock it). The smart TV was new but didn’t have an antenna and since there was no cable there was no TV at all. Rachel did allow us to use her Netflix account which was nice but certainly not as advertised. There was no washer/dryer in the house and upon closer reading of the info we found that one was “available” in the main house. This was very inconvenient but it was OK. Upon checking in Rachel told us the refrigerator – which was running continually and very loudly – was going to be replaced the next day but it never was and it was a continuing distraction. Rachel provided coffee and tea and the kitchen was decently equipped. On the positive side it was a nice neighborhood and it was great to be able to park in the driveway but overall we felt that it was not a good value for the cost and did not compare favorably to other properties we’ve stayed in in that area.