This home hosted our recent 5-night Thanksgiving vacation, 4 family members which included us the Parents with our 2 college aged children. The colors and finishes of this multi-family dwelling are very soothing to the eye. This is a recently renovated listing with 3 units. We stayed in unit A and entered through the front door.
The home is VERY clean and nicely appointed. The kitchen is huge and was stocked with ample dishes, cutlery, coffee, coffee maker, etc. The appliances included a beverage refrigerator, spacious refrigerator, and a 5-burner-range complete with an induction oven. Under-counter lighting, even included lighting onto the barstools. It was spectacular. The bedrooms were also very nice with comfortable beds and well stocked new bathrooms.
The best feature of this home is absolutely the location. Close to downtown San Fran, the Great Highway for beach walking and several grocery stores and eateries. It was easy to get to and parking was ample.
I could never relax though. In my opinion, the controls for the shower, although high end, were complicated to operate. We had trouble turning on the oven and eventually downloaded a user’s manual to walk us through it. Climate control was another issue for all of us. If the downstairs achieved a comfortable temperature, the bedrooms became extremely hot. Fortunately the host was gracious and had supplied extra blankets and we just wrapped under blankets to watch television.
Amenities that were indicated on the listing but not available included the fireplace which was not operable, and extra pillows. We had none at all. The host was very understanding, saying that he would talk to housekeeping for future guests, but did not seem at all pleased when I asked if he could drop some pillows off. We slept on top of the pillow shams.
Our preference is to stay at Airbnb homes versus renting multiple hotel rooms. It provides the closeness to reconnect as a family. We live in 3 different time zones and we look forward to talking openly and laughing together! We laughed too loudly our last night though and disturbed the new adjoining guests - during quiet hours. From that, I learned that we are not multi-unit people. We prefer to have a separate residence to laugh loudly at will. We are who we are. But for many guests this is a jewel, and THEY should book without hesitation.