Carl's place was great and in a lovely neighbourhood. There were some nice views of the city as the house is built on a hilly area.
Even though we haven't met Carl or the agents that manage the property (Guesthop) communication was excellent. There were some issues with the lock, the shower and the oven when we arrived but all were resolved after a few phonecalls, within the same or the next day (good idea to buy a US simcard if you are staying longer as you might not want doing these calls over a roaming plan). In one occasion, Emily was willing to come down at the property herself (after work hours) to help us light up the gas oven as the primer had gone off and we couldn't use it.
The house was very clean, the beds were comfortable and the kitchen was well equiped.
As far as the location is concerned, we had a car and driving around was very convenient. The place has an open parking spot just in front of the house so we didn't have to worry about parking. During weekdays when we headed downtown or if we wanted to go out for a drink we used public transport from Mission St or Uber and it took us less that 15-20min.
We didn't explore the vicinity much further as we had limited time in the bay area and we mostly did day visits to the north and south of the bay. We just went for a walk up Cortland Avenue in search of bakeries and cafes as suggested in the house manual but we have either missed them or they had been renamed/closed. We tried a few other bars along Mission St, but again we have definetely been to nicer places or cheaper. It would be good to have more tips and recommendations to understand where the locals go in the area.
Overall a very pleasant experience and would definetely stay at Carl's place again.