We enjoyed our stay in Natacha's home. I do like to provide detailed feedback to help others plan for their stay and make informed choices about whether a house is right for them. Sophia was a great host and very communicative.
We were two couples and 4 16 year olds (3 boys related to the parents and one girl who was not), in town for a junior sailing regatta.
First, we loved the location. Having never been to the Mission, we were pleasantly surprised. We loved that it was a little gritty but also had professionals and young families. We found lots of great restaurants - Barbetto, Locanda, Tacolicious, Bi-rite ice cream. The teens went to Urban Putt. There are great coffee shops within two blocks. We felt completely safe walking around. There was a small grocery shop close by.
The house is overall very cool and unique. There are some quirks I feel people should be aware of. The art is very graphic. It caused quite a stir with the teens when we first arrived but then was nothing. The kitchen and living area are great - well stocked and nicely appointed. The bedroom situation: The bedroom where our one girl slept is legally a bedroom according to San Fran law but we considered it more of a living room. It is a daybed and is in what would definitely be living space if you didn't need one extra bed. Also - the sliding door between that room and the front room doesn't close, so you lose that front room as well. The king bedroom is very nice but be aware - the bathroom area is completely open to the room. Fine for a couple who doesn't mind that lack of privacy but that also makes it a bit tricky for others to use that bathroom, especially in the night. The bunk/single room is fine - lots of kids stuff in there so not much room to store things but we used the large open hallway for suitcase storage. The 3 boys were happy in there.
The back room - where my husband and I slept - is basically a glorified laundry room. While the bed was in fact very comfortable and we slept well, it is almost like a bottom bunk as there is some storage overhead. You are also inches from the washer and dryer, and can't have the dryer on while in bed because it really impacts air quality and fogs the mirrors - this wouldn't usually be an issue but we needed to dry stuff every night when 4 wet kids got home! Also - to get to the only other bathroom in the house, which is quite small, you have to walk through this bedroom, right by the bed. We put a blanket over a portable coat rack and tried to create a barrier so that the 4 kids felt comfortable walking right into our bedroom in the middle of the night if they needed to use the bathroom. You lose a lot of privacy as a couple in that room with everyone in and out for showers and using the bathroom - we got used to it and it was fine, as we were really there to chaperone.
There is a nice outdoor patio - again, you have to walk through the back bedroom to get to it.
All in all - a nice stay and much more financially reasonable than the hotel room configurations we would have needed. I recommend especially if you are a smaller group/one family but also fine for more people if you are open to a few tricky bathroom and bedroom logistics as a trade off for location and price.