We arrived fairly late (circa 9pm) having spent the day in San Francisco but kept in touch with Sheila and George and they were ready and waiting - but had been more than happy to welcome us at any point from 11am when their previous guest left.

We are two adults and two children, our 3.5yr old son slept on the pull out sofabed (room for one) in the bedroom and we brought a travel cot for our baby daughter.

The children slept beautifully while we were able to use the HUGE sitting room/kitchen area. We also had access to the garden though we didn't use it.

Sheila and George were very welcoming (slightly perplexed at them worried about their sheets with our 3.5yr old despite him wearing diapers at bedtime still!) and even gave us a bottle of wine when we asked where the nearest supermarket was to buy our own - HUGELY appreciated (and of course we replenished).

Very clean, decent sized towells, warm bedding, even toiletries provided (again we brought our own). It is a bit of a drive into surburbia but we just drove into North Beach and left the car there for the day, using public transport then driving home again in the evening, so location was fine for us, and only a 5-10min drive from Golden Gate Park.

Really wonderful touches were:
- Sheila asking in advance what kind of tea we liked (we're British!) and having a fully stocked selection available, as well as coffee
- the fridge had milk, orange juice, muffins for breakfast and bottles of water when we arrived
- being given a bottle of wine rather than trekking out to buy our own. Of course we replaced it but it was so lovely not to have to go out again that evening
- could not have been cleaner
- being ok with two tiny children staying!
- off-street parking