Amanda's basement apartment was clean and just as it looks in the photos. It's also in a great neighbourhood, very quiet and pretty colourful typical san fran houses all around. We didn't get to meet Amanda, but her mum Anne showed us in and we were then left to it for the rest of the trip. We loved our stay here and the only things we would say is that the apartment is all open plan which is nice and airy but this means you are sleeping near the fridge which makes quite a loud buzzing noise throughout the night. The ceilings are also pretty low - I'm 5'2" and hit my arms a few times when getting changed. So if you are tall - probably not the place for you.