We spent 2 nights at Vanick's place to celebrate our 15th wedding anniversary. Our communication was with Lindsay as Vanick was apparently out of the country. Lindsay was great and answered all of our questions leading up to our trip. We anticipated it would be a nice stay based on prior reviews, but I would say the place actually exceeded those expectations. We loved being in an "authentic" San Francisco neighborhood rather than at a hotel. There were plenty of interesting things to do and see within walking distance, including great restaurants. We walked through much of the Castro & Mission Districts, as well as down to Haight-Ashbury and over to the edge of Golden Gate park. For longer trips, we used Lyft, which worked great all over San Fran.
The room (perhaps better described as a small basement apartment or suite) had all the amenities we needed, plus more. We essentially ate all our meals out. The kitchen area is small, and perhaps not ideal if you were envisioning a lot of cooking in. Otherwise, the actual space was larger than I anticipated from the photos, more than big enough for the 2 of us.
I really can't say enough good about Vanick's place. We would absolutely stay there again in the future.
Final note: We ended up checking out the family restaurant, La Meditarranee, as it was a very close walk on the night we arrived. That ended up being our favorite meal of the trip. We went back by the following night just to get some baklava to go. We would totally recommend it to anyone!
Thanks for a great stay Lindsay and Vanick!