Herbert was quite nice in welcoming guests via airbnb messages. I already expect houses in SF are old, so the structure of the house was not an issue at all. I, however found other intolerable issues:
The first issue I had was parking. Herbert did not allow guests to park in the driveway or in from of the driveway, which were not being used at the time. Until now I still don't understand why. Herbert said there was plenty of free parallel parking along the street. That was true if you wanted to walk 30 minutes to get back to the house. My husband had to drive 30 minutes one night just to get a decent parking spot that was close enough to walk back to the house.
Second issue was the heating condition of the house. There was no central heat, Herbert was nice enough to leave some fire logs, but it was enough just for the 1st night. There were 2 tiny space heaters in each bedroom, but there was no heating source for common area after 1st night.
Third issue was the cleanliness of the house. The house's floor and carpet was cover with dog hair as if Herbert did not vacuum or sweep prior to guest's arrival. The house just smelled so musty and unpleasant.
Fourth issue was the beddings, linens, and bath towels. The bedding and linen in the bigger bed room looked old, dirty and smelled like they were being used for 10 years already. We were so skeptical to get under the bedding but it was too cold sleeping without covers. The sleeping bags were stored in a dirty, smelly closet, which the sleeping bags had stains all over. There was not a single extra blanket/comforter beside the sleeping bags. There was not extra pillows, which we had to take some from the bed rooms for other guests to use. Bath towels were a combinations of some old towels and white towels but the white towels did not look that clean. I always bring my own towels any way, but other guests did not so they had no other choice to use them.
Over all, it was such an unpleasant experience with the house. We ran into Herbert one night while unloading out stuffs from the car, he did not even greet us. That was a shock to all of us because he sounded so nice on text messages. The only good thing about Herbert's house was a clean bathroom. I usually don't write reviews even on bad experience, but I feel the need to to it this time so other people will be aware of the property. I had read reviews on this property, found a lot of good reviews, and decided to book it. I guess reviews are not always true or comparable determinations of the property.