My friends and I was so excited to find a place so short notice with 3 beds and 2 full bathrooms, by the ocean and close to downtown SF. The description about the place was basic and simple. Only a few sentences that seemed just fine. I noticed on the description that it said there was a dryer but no washer so I wrote her to make sure that was right. She wrote back saying it was incorrect that she does have laundry service.
The host will not allow anyone to stay without your license on the app so she can see you. (I wasn’t too happy about it but I respected it since it was her home.) Then she asked a few questions about our stay and why we were coming to SF. Which is fine. But then she wanted my personal number. At this point I could tell this woman was on the picker side. Went ahead and provided my number so she could call and talk to us personally. She approved our stay with no problems. That is when she sent over the FULL description of the house rules. A lot of it was basic stuff like cleaning up after yourself - trash and dishes, and turning the lights and heat off when your not using it. (Basic stuff but you are paying for a $400 cleaning fee.) But that is when your “respect your neighbors” in the basic description was really you have a lower tenant living there. And when you walk the floor creaks, you can hear the lower tv which means they can hear yours. If I knew this little detail ahead of time, I would have gotten a hotel. I am in SF to have fun and not worry about anything but yet I had to worry about where I walked in the home.
The home was super cute when we first got there. It was super cold but cute. You do not have an ocean view. And the highway is pretty much in the backyard so it wasn’t super quiet. There were signs up on specific closets saying you will be charged $100 if you open. So watch out for those. The master bedroom was massive! They joined two rooms so they can have a smaller living room area in the master bedroom. The bathroom had a jet tub and two sinks. Found out that the master bedroom shower wasn’t allowed to be used. It was bath only. I wasn’t happy to find that out. The other bathroom did not have great water pressure. It worked fine but for super long hair it took awhile to rinse out.
The bedroom near the kitchen was what you expect. A decent queen mattress with enough padding for a few days. But the bedroom near the master bedroom was missing the remote to the tv. At least we could not find it. The mattress was terrible. You could feel every spring. It was super stiff and was very uncomfortable!
When it was time to do the laundry, I tried looking everywhere I am allowed. Turns out it was not laundry service on-site. You have to go to a laundry mat which was $6.75 per machine. So one wash and dryer is $13.50. Which is not a big deal but I do wish it was explained before. Holly was good. She wrote back quickly and was nice about it all. Overall - It was not a terrible stay. But I do not think it was worth the $1084.00. Most of that was the cleaning and service fee. Even though we did most of the cleaning. I do recommend that the description of the place is more updated and has way more information for the next customer.