We rented the house for 7 nights, expecting a memorable stay for our visit to San Francisco. Unfortunately, we have to say that the house was not the clean and “excellent” condition that it advertised to be. The dinner table had numerous obvious oily stains. The kitchen cabinets were dirty, and so were the cooking utensils, pots and pans. Many cabinets had dusty dirty stuff and bits. Washing chemicals (with tops opened) were left next to the kitchen sink, obviously to be used, but randomly placed. Both the bathrooms upstairs had leaky shower heads, and the shower tubs were stained and not clean. The toilet mats were old, brown and sticky. The bedsheets were so thin that you could see the mattress underneath. There were no clothes hangers to use. Also, in the bedroom, we found evidence of the previous stay, including the boarding pass of the previous tenant. We had to clean the house ourselves to make it “comfortable” for us to stay for the few days. The washing machine didn’t work properly either. It was hot wash whether you set it to cold or not (we found out too late with the first wash).

Overall, the house seems a tired place, with previous repairs and touch-ups seem cosmetically done. For the money that we paid, it was definitely disappointing and well not worth it. On the morning that we checked out, we were looking forward to meeting the owner (we did not meet him when we checked in). Unfortunately, we waited 45mins past the appointed time, and when he did not turn up, we had to leave as we had other holiday things to do. Apart from wanting to show him the defects, we also wanted to show him some pics of the condition we found the house in (including the oil stains), but it was not to be.