We recently stayed in in Carol's house for a 4 night stay, and I wanted to relay some information that are not found in other reviews. I initially booked Carol's house after reading all the positive reviews and we did have an ok stay during our trip. But we found the house to be fairly bare-bones with issues that I'll detail below, and not the "Luxurious Dream Getaway" that we were expecting.
First, the photos are not accurate to what is actually in the house. After check-in, I found a sentence in the description that says "all items in description/pictures are not guaranteed" so I didn't have grounds for complaints, but the beds and bathrooms especially were not nearly as nice as what's shown in the listing photos. The neighborhood seemed ok but I did witness a person with obvious mental health issues walking around an adjacent street pointing and yelling at cars as they drove by (to be fair, this seems to be an issue all over San Francisco, not just in this neighborhood). The sheets on the bed did seem freshly washed, but the ones in the master bedroom and the second bedroom had stains on them. There was a water leak near the fireplace with a plastic pan placed under it to catch the leak. Corners of the home had dust and spider-webs, which made it obvious to me that the cleaning crew were not very thorough in cleaning the place. Wires behind the hanging TVs were all over the place. Living room did not have blinds on the windows, which created a huge glare on the TV when we tried to watch anything while the sun was out. Door lock leading to backyard was broken and the door was secured using a stick that was placed at the bottom rail. About quarter of the pillows that were provided looked dirty and we did not use them. The clean looking pillows were flat and uncomfortable to sleep on. Outdoor furniture had spider-webs and other debris on them, and although we did clean those off but still didn't feel good about using them. None of these issues were deal-breakers on their own, but combined together they did put a damper on an otherwise great trip out to the Bay area.
All that said, the geographic location of this house was great, with close proximity to Golden Gate Bridge, Muir Woods, downtown SF, Palo Alto and other surrounding areas. And when you take into account the large size of this house and compare to nearby hotel prices, it isn't a terrible place to stay from a price standpoint. I think we would've had a better experience here if we knew about all the issues beforehand so we know what to expect and weren't surprised by the issues upon check-in. Hopefully this review does that for future renters.