The house is in a good location. Quiet neighborhood, lots of parking. Easy check in with the electronic door lock.
Bed is comfy. Memory foam mattress I think. The bunk bed shakes with slight movement but I guess you’ll get used to it. The comfiness of the mattress makes up for it.
The bathrooms are semi clean to my standard. Trash cans were full but at least two bathroom trash cans were emptied after I mentioned it. I had to clean someone’s hair on the shower drain before I used the shower. Eeks! No bathroom rug in the bathroom I used downstairs (3 bathrooms total) so the floor gets wet. Be careful. Don’t slip. The only bathroom with mat that I noticed, I never used to take a shower because the lights are too dim.
Kitchen is semi clean. Some people leave their unwashed dishes on the counter every now and then and they don’t clean the stove after use. At least Nicole takes care of turning the dishwasher on every night and unloading it the next morning so we have clean dishes to use for the day. Thank you Nicole. The Teflon pots and pans are old and scratched up. It’s cancer in the making. The microwave stopped working. Not repaired or replaced yet when I left. It was inconvenient.
The dorm room smelled sweaty and stuffy when I arrived. Good thing we can open the windows the next day to aerate. The dorm room is big. It’s the master’s bedroom with the master’s bathroom but with six people there, it could feel small.
The host’s communication can be improved. Not responsive to some of my questions like how many total number of people in the house. I guess he didn’t want me to know there are a total of 12 people (or maybe 13) in the house when occupied at maximum. It’s a four bedroom house I think. The master bedroom has 6 beds total (3 bunk beds) and the other 3 rooms have 2 beds each as far as I know but according to him one other listing has 3 beds total but I didn’t see it. And because I was asking all these legit questions also with his listing in Daly City (including how many bathrooms are available for guests to use), he thinks shared living is not for me and that I should get a private room 🙄 I’ve been in hostels in a 10-bed dorm, before. I just want to know what to expect and what Im getting into as part of my safety precaution when traveling. My bad! I thought airbnb hosts should be accommodating to questions like this. They’re not even personal questions. They’re about the accommodation . Anyway, I wouldn’t come back to this Hacker House.