Modern Studio w/Quiet Courtyard + Private Entrance

Centrally located in a quiet alley of Downtown SF-close to all technology co., theaters, and art museums, this place offers a real urban life with privacy and comfort of a courtyard house. Enjoy your stay at this colorful and newly-built space. The building itself won several architecture design awards and was featured in many architecture magazines and books, include GA Houses.

Neighborhood overview: This is an old light industrial mixed-use area of San Francisco that has gone through a rapid gentrification. Many interesting old industrial buildings, warehouses turned into loft live/work spaces. Technologies and design offices have moved into the area in the recent past. Come with these developments are good restaurants, coffee bars, wine bars, clubs, etc. Please note that by the nature of an ally in SF downtown and a mixed use light industrial/residential neighborhood, one may experience homeless people on the street at certain time. Like many cities, one also needs to be alert and cautious walking in the ally at night - hiring a cab when coming back late is recommended.

Neighbourhood: South of Market
Property type: Entire guest suite
Room type: Entire home/apt
Accommodates: 2
Bedrooms: 0
Bathrooms: 1 bath
Beds: 1
Price per night: $135.00
Amenities: Single level home, Private entrance, Iron, Refrigerator, Fire extinguisher, Coffee maker, Host greets you, Smoke alarm, Luggage dropoff allowed, TV with standard cable, Hot water, Oven, Hair dryer, Heating, Breakfast, Private patio or balcony, Stove, Hangers, Microwave, Carbon monoxide alarm, Room-darkening shades, Cooking basics, Paid parking on premises, Essentials, Shampoo, Dishes and silverware, Kitchen, Free street parking, Wifi

About the host: I am a designer -- interior, landscape, architecture, and art installation. I am also an educator --teaching design in an architecture school. Born in Bangkok and coming from a family who is passionate in travel and interested in learning about cultures other than one's own, I joined Airbnb for all these reasons. I have lived in Cambridge, MA, NYC, and now the Bay Area. Since I have  decided to call San Francisco my home in addition to BKK, I have just finished constructing a house in SF with a separate unit for my immediate and extended family who travel frequently. This urban home has been in the making for quite some time. I am very pleased that it is now slowly coming together.