This was a good value for location Airbnb. It was walking distance to public transit and to both Haight and Market Street attractions. Duboce Park was walking distance as was the muni and buses.
The room itself was on the ground floor towards the back of the hall called the “Paris Room.” The entrance hall was clean and smelled nice. The room was clean and good sized. A big plus was an en suite bathroom, which had a good sized shower, hot water, plenty of storage and a window that opened to the outside.
Unfortunately, the house had no central heating, and the room was very cold when we arrived at 3pm. There was an electric heating unit which we plugged in and warmed the room after an hour or so.
The television was set up for Netflix and other streaming services, which was nice.
For some reason, the room had a strange, musky smell that we noticed each time we came back for the evening. It could be that the room hadn’t been used for awhile but that didn’t seem to be the case.
The bedding did not include a top sheet, but was just a comforter with a duvet and it’s possible that the strange smell was coming from that, it was hard to tell.
Another couple of guests were checking in at the same time we were and went to the room directly above us, and we could hear them very clearly. Fortunately they were not noisy but I could see that being a problem if they were.
The “convenience area,” located on the upper level (not in the room) was nothing to write home about. There was some filtered water, red solo cups, a microwave, a small dorm size refrigerator, and a hot water kettle that was to be shared with four other rooms of guests. There was some Lipton tea bags and some instant coffee (does anyone drink that?) but only hot beverage LIDS, no cups, so we weren’t able to utilize those amenities anyway.
One final note: the windows of this room face out to a walkway that belongs to another tenant and unfortunately that person kept their porch light on ALL NIGHT. The room does have blinds, but the light was certainly noticeable and at no point was the room ever totally dark. I asked the host about this and he confirmed that he could not control it as the light belonged to the neighbor. It was too bad and was something I would have liked to have known about ahead of time (hence why I am leaving the detail here).
Overall, this is a sufficient place to stay if you are looking for safe, convenient, and central housing to maximize your time out in the city. It’s not the Hyatt, but you probably aren’t looking for it to be anyway.