Pretty, light-filled house in vibrant San Francisco neighborhood

Description

Our home: - A two-story house in Glen Park, a quiet neighborhood of San Francisco. - The second floor has two bedrooms with queen beds and a bathroom with a shower. - One bedroom also has a sitting area with a fold-out sofa bed (sleeps two), chairs and a TV. - The loft bedroom on the first floor has a queen bed (reached by stairs) over an office area with a rollout TV. - There is a fully equipped kitchen with a large gas stove. - The dining room seats 6+ and opens to the backyard patio. - There is a reading nook in the dining room that looks out on the back yard. - The washer/dryer are in an enclosed area off of the dining room. - The first-floor bathroom has a tub and shower. - The living room has two couches and a view of the city’s southern hills. - The sitting room next to the kitchen has an armchair and a breakfast table with two chairs. - The back yard has a patio with a table seating 6+, a patio heater, a gas BBQ and a fountain. - There is a cottage office in the backyard (use negotiable). - Fiber optic WIFI throughout the house. Our neighborhood: - The shopping district two blocks from our house has a great grocery store (deli counter, butcher, fresh produce, fresh-baked bread and all the usual staples); restaurants (Italian, Thai, Chinese, Brazilian, Mexican taqueria, Japanese ramen/sushi, gourmet pizza); two coffee shops serving breakfast and lunch; two cafes for espresso drinks; a cheese store with deli counter for sandwiches; a hardware store; a public library; and a quirky bookstore that has poetry readings and jazz recitals on a regular basis. - Glen Canyon is a 70-acre park 3 blocks away with tennis courts, playground, recreation center (basketball courts and climbing wall), playing fields (baseball, soccer, frisbee), picnic areas and hiking trails (including a portion of the Crosstown Trail). - The Glen Park BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) station is in the “village”. BART trains run to downtown San Francisco (9-minute trip) as well as to other cities in the Bay Area, including Berkeley and Oakland. Since the BART station is also a transit hub, Glen Park is served by five different bus routes and a light rail line. - We are within walking distance of the Mission District, Bernal Heights and Noe Valley. Us: A retired/semi-retired couple with about 25 years of home exchanges in the US, UK and Europe. We have family and friends in and around NYC and go there several times a year. We also love Paris and would welcome an exchange there. We are flexible as to timing.