If you are looking for a hostel-like environment, don’t need to do laundry, and don’t mind being able to hear all the other guests moving around you, then this airbnb may be good enough for you. Otherwise, please read on:
Pros:
- nice, clean bathroom with nice shower
-comfy bed
-decent location
Cons:
-the plumbing does not work well. We had many issues with the toilet in our bathroom not being able to flush for hours.
-the house was absolutely freezing. As in, maybe 64* inside and we had to wear multiple layers to sleep. When we asked the host if there was a thermostat anywhere, she said there was a portable heater under the sink in the kitchen… but why is the house so cold late at night in March?
-the listing/host does not mention the fact that you must park about 200 yards away, up a hill, from the house. This was a huge hassle when we had bags and laundry to haul in.
-the laundry… it was such a grief. We specifically picked this airbnb property because it advertised free laundry. We had so many issues with the laundry, starting the first day. First, they only allow laundry to be done between 8-11am and 2-9pm. This made it difficult for us to explore San Francisco and still get our loads of laundry done (we are roadtripping for a month and had a lot). On the first night we put our laundry in the washer, then dryer, and then left to get dinner. By the time we came back, our extremely damp clothes had been shoved into a random bag and were already starting to smell moldy. We did not appreciate strangers handling our personal items and clearly taking them out of the dryer before they were finished. Given the laundry time of 2-9pm had ended, we had to have our wet clothes sit in that bag overnight and start to mildew before we could start them in the dryer again. In the morning, we had to do two dry cycles ON HIGH before the laundry was 95% dry and only a little damp. When we took our clothes out, we saw that either the washer or dryer had SHREDDED multiple of our shirts and a pair of shorts, probably worth about $75-$100 total of stuff. Needless to say, the laundry situation was disastrous and you are better off saving your clothes and don’t have damp, shredded clothes and sheets like us.
The other guests: this location is very much a glorified hostel. We could hear walking around all throughout the night and were woken up at 5:50am by the guests on our floor loudly exiting the airbnb. We did not get the best sleep, although the bed was comfortable.
Overall, this airbnb was okay. The shower and cleanliness were nice and the bed comfortable. We do not recommend doing laundry here even if it is available, because of how much grief it caused us. We should have known we would get what we paid for.