This house is a perfect place to stay if you want to visit San Francisco but don’t want to stay right in the city-very convenient to San Francisco, Muir Woods, and the airport. It’s literally a 3 minute drive to the beach and the little town where there’s a grocery store and a brew pub, a couple seaside restaurants, gas station, etc. You could walk there but the house is up the very steep mountain so we just drove.
The house itself is very clean and nicely decorated with a quintessential beachy vibe and a cool telescope to watch the surfers at the beach or the neighbor’s chickens. Kitchen has all the essentials, laundry stocked with detergent and softener.
The listing doesn’t mention that the king sized bed with the second bathroom is in the guest house that is down some steps from the deck. It feels very separate from the main house- which could be a positive or negative depending on your group. It also has a basement feel: just a couple windows, no view, and a musty odor. I suggested they run a dehumidifier to freshen it up-hopefully they do that for future guests.
We were a little apprehensive after reading some reviews that other guests had issues with noise complaints and there being a noise level monitor. The owners are emphatic about the 10pm curfew for the deck. I’m guessing they had issues with people partying there a few times and had to acquiesce to the neighbors to keep being able to rent the place out. Unless you’re trying to rent a party palace, you shouldn’t have a problem. The 5 of us went about our business, laughed, cooked, used the hot tub, watched a movie, hung out outside, etc without trying to be particularly quiet and did not have any issues. But I should note we were in bed by 10 or 11 every night because that was late enough for us East coasters.
All in all, if you’re looking for a clean, stylish, well-maintained home base where you can cook a few meals and chill after seeing the sights, this is the perfect place.