San Francisco holiday condo

This Victorian home is tastefully decorated with wooden floors and great light fittings. Internet access is available and you can hook up your Iphone to this. There is a small private decked area where there is a hot tub, unfortunately, this wasn't made available for guest's use. The steps up to the entrance are quite steep and there is a garage located in the basement but we didn't have a car so didn't access it.

The whole apartment is very spacious with a wide hallway, large eat-in kitchen and all the appliances required. The only item we found missing, which would have been useful to have had was a clothes airer as not all of our clothes can be placed in the dryer. There is an iron and ironing board as well as plenty of towels and bed linen. A travel cot was in the closet.

The bedrooms are very well fitted out with very comfortable and spacious beds and plenty of closet space. The bathrooms have an ample supply of hot water and also have hairdryers. The only mirrors are in the bathrooms, which is disappointing.

The kitchen table seats 4 and the dining table seats 6 people but the sofa and chair will only just sit 4 people at a squeeze, a larger sofa would be more suitable.

The property was clean and very well maintained, however, the location is a little noisy as it is on a busy road, which starts to get noisy from around 6am when buses go past.

This home is located on the ground floor and we experienced a fair amount of noise from the upstairs occupants with a child running on wooden floors, which did reverberate down.

It would have been handy to have had a basic amount of groceries, such as milk and bread for our first night so that we didn't have to find the local store after an 11 hour flight from London. Directions to the local store would also have been welcome, although menus of local eateries and take-outs were in a file, which we used on a couple of occasions.

The bus routes 2, 3 & 4, to Union Square were a 5 minute walk away and the bus route 47 to Fishermans Wharf was a 10 minute walk away, so the home is well located.

We didn't meet the owners, who I believe live upstairs, it would have been nice to have met them to have thanked them personally for having this apartment available for rent.

I would recommend this property to friends with older children and those who don't have difficulties with steps. It is an elegant, very comfortable and spacious home.