This apartment is in a quiet, safe, well-located neighborhood just a ten minute walk from Haight Ashbury, ten from Cole Valley, and twenty from the Castro. UCSF is a 20 minute walk (uphill both ways). The apartment’s kitchen is great, with a good dishwasher, good stove, and ample cookware and utensils. The living area has a pull-out sofa and is wonderfully sunlit all day. The bedroom, although it has no windows and is dark all day, is spacious, and the adjacent bathroom does the job. The washers and dryers ($2 each, coin operated) are just across the hall and work effectively.
I had a few issues during my stay that were more or less resolved by Bernat and the overseeing landlord. For example, the fridge started leaking so I was provided with a mini fridge for the last few weeks of my stay. The living room’s Smart TV stopped connecting to wifi and Bernat could not fix it so I was unable to watch TV for the last month of my stay. Another issue is that there is not a dedicated wifi modem in the apartment (it’s shared with another apartment) so keep in mind the bandwidth does not support more than one device at a a time and this apartment may not be appropriate for guests looking to WFH. I had to use my cellphone data in order to connect to wifi on my laptop, and when the TV still connected to wifi, it buffered a lot while streaming. I had wifi issues throughout my stay which I first mentioned very early on and it was addressed but not solved, so basically I just had to deal with it.
Another thing I’d like to mention is that the mattress is VERY firm, so if you’re a soft mattress person, you might have some trouble getting comfortable. Other reviews mentioned that the trash room and washer and dryer are loud, which I did not personally experience, but my biggest issue was that the upstairs neighbor walks directly above the bedroom at all hours of the day. I know this is out of the control of the host but if you’re a light sleeper, this, paired with the firmness of the mattress, was the biggest problem I had with the bedroom.
Toward the end of my stay, and I really hope this is addressed, I had an issue with spiders in the apartment, which really freaked me out — understandably I stayed in the summertime and bugs are to be expected but there was an abnormal amount of spiders. Thankfully Bernat refunded me some money for the trouble which I appreciated, and I have suggested he and the landlord look into the source of the issue.
I sincerely hope the issues I have listed here are addressed and that future guests can get their money’s worth out of this apartment. Hope this helps!