The United States is currently suffering from a skills shortage. Overall, there are not enough qualified electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians and carpenters in the country to meet demand. A recent study found that many of the most in-demand positions remain unfilled for at least a month. This comes as millions of Americans laid off in the early days of the coronavirus are looking for work.

However, not all labor markets are the same. While it should be relatively easy to find work in all 50 states, wage levels vary by state. To find out which states pay homeworkers the most, ServiceTitan analyzed Payscale's June 2020 data. The average salary of a homeworker was calculated by averaging the salary of entry-level, mid-level, and senior-level workers in each States were identified. HVAC technicians, plumbers and electricians were all included in the data set, which can be viewed nationwide here.

California in numbers

– Average annual salary: $59,511 ($28.61 per hour)
— Plumber: $58,400 ($28.08 per hour)
—Salary increase for entry-level to senior plumbers: $15,100 ($7.26 per hour)
— HVAC Technician: $59,433 ($28.57 per hour)
— HVAC Technician Salary Increase from Entry Level to Manager Level: $17,800 ($8.56 per hour)
— Electrician: $60,700 ($29.18 per hour)
—Salary increase for entry-level to managerial electricians: $17,900 ($8.61 per hour)

There is a gap between knowing that an industry needs workers and actually absorbing workers into the industry. California is investing $200 million to improve job training – training that can add tens of thousands of dollars to the average trade worker's salary. However, the sheer size of California means that not all metropolitan areas are equally suitable for home workers. THe The San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metropolitan area is the highest paid in the country for both electricians and plumbers and the fourth highest for HVAC technicians.

Meanwhile, the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and Merced areas are also among the top 10 metros in the country for electricians, while San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ranks top for plumbers and HVAC technicians do well in Napa, Santa Cruz-Watsonville, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metros. Additionally, the total employment for plumbers in the state is expected growth of 12.4% until 2028. But it's not all rosy: the premium for paying home workers is partly explained by this California has the third highest cost of living in the country.

Check out the statistics below to find out where your talents are most and least valued and to better assess whether or not a move is worth it for your career.

States that pay home workers the most

#1. Alaska: $61,156 average annual salary ($29.40 per hour)
#2. Massachusetts: $59,700 average annual salary ($28.70 per hour)
#3. California: $59,511 average annual salary ($28.61 per hour)

States That Pay Home Workers the Least

#1. Arkansas: $47,944 average annual salary ($23.05 per hour)
#2. West Virginia: $48,178 average annual salary ($23.16 per hour)
#3. Idaho: $49,433 average annual salary ($23.77 per hour)

This story originally appeared on ServiceTitan and was produced and distributed in collaboration with Stacker Studio.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – San Francisco has the highest rate of substandard plumbing among California’s 58 counties, an issue that is made even more pronounced during the coronavirus pandemic when washing hands is one of the most effective ways of warding off disease.

Nearly 2% of houses in San Francisco don’t have adequate plumbing, more than four times that in Los Angeles, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California.

The San Francisco-based institute drew its data from The American Community Survey, conducted by the US Census Bureau.

The survey found that in more than 6,300 housing units in California, people have no piped hot and cold water, no bathtub or shower, or no flush toilet.

After San Francisco, the three counties with the worst plumbing are: Shasta, Yolo, and Humboldt.

Those three counties lack hot and cold piped water at the highest rates, while housing in urban San Francisco, Alameda, and Los Angeles counties tends to lack a shower or tub, according to the survey.

The California county with the best plumbing is Napa County, where only .11% of the homes don’t have the proper plumbing.

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SACRAMENTO, Calif. – San Francisco has the highest rate of substandard plumbing among California’s 58 counties, an issue that is made even more pronounced during the coronavirus pandemic when washing hands is one of the most effective ways of warding off disease.

Nearly 2% of houses in San Francisco don’t have adequate plumbing, more than four times that in Los Angeles, according to an analysis by the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California.

The San Francisco-based institute drew its data from The American Community Survey, conducted by the US Census Bureau.

The survey found that in more than 6,300 housing units in California, people have no piped hot and cold water, no bathtub or shower, or no flush toilet.

After San Francisco, the three counties with the worst plumbing are: Shasta, Yolo, and Humboldt.

Those three counties lack hot and cold piped water at the highest rates, while housing in urban San Francisco, Alameda, and Los Angeles counties tends to lack a shower or tub, according to the survey.

The California county with the best plumbing is Napa County, where only .11% of the homes don’t have the proper plumbing.

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California is the #3 highest paying state for plumbers, HVAC technicians, and electricians

The United States is currently in the throes of a skilled trades worker shortage. Across the board, the country doesn’t have enough qualified electricians, plumbers, HVAC technicians, and carpenters to meet the demand. A recent study found that many of the most in-demand jobs remain unfilled for at least a month. This comes as millions of Americans who were laid off during the early days of the coronavirus are looking for work.

That being said, not all job markets are the same. While it should be fairly easy to find work in all 50 states, how much that work pays is different depending on the state. To find the states where home service workers are paid the most, ServiceTitan analyzed June 2020 data from Payscale. The average salary of a home service worker was calculated by averaging the pay of entry-, intermediate-, and senior-level workers in each state. HVAC technicians, plumbers, and electricians were all included in the dataset, which can be seen nationally here.

California by the numbers

– Average annual salary: $59,511 ($28.61 hourly)
— Plumbers: $58,400 ($28.08 hourly)
— Plumber pay increase from entry to senior level: $15,100 ($7.26 hourly)
— HVAC technician: $59,433 ($28.57 hourly)
— HVAC technician pay increase from entry to senior level: $17,800 ($8.56 hourly)
— Electrician: $60,700 ($29.18 hourly)
— Electrician pay increase from entry to senior level: $17,900 ($8.61 hourly)

There’s a gap between knowing an industry needs workers and actually getting workers into the industry. California is investing $200 million into the improvement of the delivery of vocational education—education that can add tens of thousands of dollars to an average trade worker’s salary. However, the sheer size of California means that not all metro areas are created equal for home service workers. They San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward metropolitan area is the highest-paying in the nation for both electricians and plumbers, and fourth-highest for HVAC technicians.

The San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and Merced areas, meanwhile, are also in the top 10 metros in the nation for electricians, while San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara ranks high for plumbers, and HVAC techs fare well in the Napa, Santa Cruz-Watsonville, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, and Santa Maria-Santa Barbara metros. Plus, the overall state employment for plumbers is expected to grow 12.4% by 2028. But it’s not all rosy: The premium placed on home service workers’ pay is partially explained by the fact that California has the nation’s third-highest cost of living.

Check the statistics below to discover where your talents are valued the most and least, and to get a better handle on whether or not making a move for your career would be worth it.

States that pay home service workers the most

#1. Alaska: $61,156 average annual salary ($29.40 hourly)
#2. Massachusetts: $59,700 average annual salary ($28.70 hourly)
#3. California: $59,511 average annual salary ($28.61 hourly)

States that pay home service workers the least

#1. Arkansas: $47,944 average annual salary ($23.05 hourly)
#2. West Virginia: $48,178 average annual salary ($23.16 hourly)
#3. Idaho: $49,433 average annual salary ($23.77 hourly)

This story originally appeared on ServiceTitan and was produced and distributed in partnership with Stacker Studio.

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The House:

100 Flying Mist Isle in Foster City

What makes it unique:

This four-bedroom, three-bathroom house located in the oldest neighborhood of Foster City was a unique sell because of its layout and location, said Compass real estate agent Julie Flouty, who listed the property. Waterfront homes in Foster City are desirable, but the views offered by this custom-build made it even more so. The city, just south of San Francisco International Airport in San Mateo County, is a planned community built in the 1960s by raising and expanding Brewer’s Island, which was created by levees on the salt marshes of San Francisco Bay. The house is at the end of one of the city’s seven cul-de-sac islands along a 6-foot-deep and 212-acre-wide lagoon, which acts as a drainage basin to withstand flooding from storms, said Flouty. This house saw an enormous amount of interest, with one major draw being the beachfront-style deck that leads down to the water, and ample space to watch boats and paddle-boarders ply the waterways, and to view activities at nearby Erckenbrack Park. “Waterfronts are emotional,” said Flouty, who said the home’s positioning at the end of the isle created an aura of relaxation and quiet. “It’s hard to put a price on anything with a view; it’s very subjective to that one individual.” Waterfront locations are desirable, but in some communities, they also present some risk. Foster City was one of the Bay Area regions profiled by the Chronicle last year for its efforts to address sea level rise in years ahead. A $90 million project is currently underway there to build a stronger and taller levee that would keep the sea at bay. It is being financed by residents who were warned that without a new levee they would be forced to buy expensive flood insurance. As with many other regions of the Bay Area, the real estate market in Foster City saw a huge boom in 2020 and 2021, with most homes receiving multiple offers and many properties selling for as much as half a million dollars over asking price, Flouty said . While high mortgage rates and the summer season have slowed things, Flouty said Foster City remains very popular with buyers, particularly families who work in tech around Silicon Valley.

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San Francisco County has the highest COVID-19 case rate of any other county in California with a seven-day average of 13 cases per 100,000 residents, state data showed on Tuesday. By comparison, Los Angeles is reporting 5 cases per 100,000 residents. And San Francisco isn’t the only Bay Area spot sitting at the top of the list. All counties in the region except Solano have among the highest rates in the state.

But multiple experts say this news isn’t alarming, and does not warrant any policy changes. Despite the region’s ranking, cases are extremely low compared to what they were amid the winter surge when the city’s seven-day average soared above 250 cases per 100,000 at the peak.

“No I’m not concerned,” said Dr. George Rutherford, director of UCSF’s Prevention and Public Health Group. “I don’t think it’s any reason to go back to putting the brakes on and our masks back on. We have lots of hospital capacity.”

“I am not too concerned as our hospitals remain eerily quiet — only 2 patients with COVID hospitalized today at the main UCSF Health hospital on Parnassus, compared to close to a 100 in this hospital on January 25,” UCSF infectious diseases expert Dr. Peter Chin-Hong wrote in an email.

“I don’t anticipate any lockdowns, and I am not even sure any restrictions will be re-implemented as long as our hospitals remain protected.” Chin Hong continued. “There may be disruptions in the community in the workplace and schools as people need to be taken out to isolate for at least 5 days if infected. Is it interesting that countries like the UK, Denmark and South Africa have removed the mandate for a compulsory Isolation when infected and this softens the potential disruptions to life in this way.”

While San Francisco’s case rate may not be concerning, you may still be wondering why it’s higher than other places. UCSF’s Dr. Monica Gandhi believes a primary reason is the city’s robust testing apparatus.

“We do a lot of testing in San Francisco with mass community testing sites established via a collaboration between UCSF and the San Francisco Department of Public Health,” Gandhi said. “This allows us to detect slight increases in cases better than other counties in the setting of BA.2 (now 72% of strains in the US) and with increased movement of the population.”

Rutherford agreed that testing is playing into the city’s higher rate and added that the city is a medical hub and people are coming to the city for care that requires testing. “Theoretically, positive tests should be reported back to the county of residence, but that might not always be happening,” he said.

The highly transmissible BA.2 variant — that’s spreading at a time when more people are traveling and society is reopening — is another likely factor, said Chin-Hong.

“A combination of spring break travel, visitors from lots of other parts of the country and world (Asia, Europe), reopening and the resumption of large indoor events like sports and concerts,” Chin-Hong wrote in an email. “This is all fueled by BA.2, which is more transmissible in a city that is compact. There may be more susceptible people to infection in San Francisco and the Bay Area (compared to other parts of the state) who haven’t gotten Breakthrough infection with BA.1 and whose immunity to infection has waned. Strategies that have been used in the past to avoid infection may not work quite as well with COVID.”

Could the Bay Area be at the start of a BA.2-driven surge?

The experts that SFGATE talked to all said they don’t expect cases to skyrocket.

“There’s going to be some sort of a sawtooth pattern and it’s not surprising that things are going to be up and down,” said Rutherford. “We’ll see some clusters and bumps from BA2, but I think the overall pattern is it’s going to broaden the base of that curve as it comes down.”

Chin-Hong emphasized that the region has high vaccination rates and this combined with immunity people infected with COVID gained during the original omicron surge “will provide enough immunity ammunition to protect people from getting seriously ill and so protect our hospital resources so we can continue to take care of the spectrum of non-COVID illnesses without interruption.”

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Monday night though, San Francisco District Attorney Chesa Boudin was on the offensive. He was the feature speaker at a town hall meeting at Manny’s in the Mission District of San Francisco.

Boudin addressed a crowd of nearly 200 San Franciscans as his recall election on June 7 is now less than three months away.

“I’m proud of the fact that in my two years in office we’ve increased our charging rate for sexual assault, we’ve increased our conviction rate for homicide cases, and we filed more than 10,000 new criminal cases,” said Boudin .

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The crowd inside at Manny’s was there to ask Boudin questions, but a pro-recall crowd of two dozen people were outside, making it known they aren’t happy with the district attorney. In fact we even saw drama between someone appearing to be a Boudin supporter, and another person in favor of the recall.

“This DA, his policies have failed!” said a recall supporter.

“How do you know if his policies have failed? If he hasn’t had a chance to do that and the police have been sabotaging him!” said a Boudin supporter.

“I haven’t really had a chance to govern properly. I’m not making excuses, I’m just stating facts here but I took office in January 2020, less than two months later I was told by the Department of Public Health that I and my staff couldn’t go into our office,” said Boudin.

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But over the course of the last two year’s San Franciscans have seen vehicle theft property crimes continue to plague the city and thefts continue to hurt businesses.

Boudin though refusing to answer our questions about that as he left Monday’s town hall.

“I’m really late for another event. Happy to talk about it, really late for another event,” said the district attorney as he walked away from our camera.

Homelessness was a main focus at the town hall along with diversion programs instead of incarceration in certain cases. Boudin making reference to a successful program in Eugene, Oregon where social workers respond to calls instead of police.

“I think if we’re serious about reducing violence, reducing the police clearance rate, about building public safety, then we’ve got to invest in programs like that one,” said Boudin.

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San Francisco now has the third-highest coronavirus transmission rate in California, with a daily average case rate of about 104 per 100,000 residents.

The county recorded a seven-day average of 896 cases per day on Dec. 30, the most recent available data. That is more than double the previous peak of 388 cases, a seven-day average recorded on Jan. 12 last year.

At least one Bay Area county, Napa, is out of available intensive care beds as the virus once again tightens its hold on the region.

San Francisco’s transmission rate ranks in California behind only Los Angeles County, with 118 cases per 100,000 residents — the highest reported there since the start of the pandemic — and Mono County with 109 per 100,000. Across California, the seven-day average is 75 cases per 100,000, and in the Bay Area, it is 63 cases.

San Francisco officials said infections among staff members are starting to affect city departments. The Municipal Transportation Agency said Monday in a memo obtained by The Chronicle that it is implementing COVID protocols at its offices on South Van Ness Avenue after an outbreak involving several staff members.

COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Bay Area also hit their highest number since mid-September over the weekend.

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Data analyzed by The Chronicle shows 746 Bay Area hospital patients testing positive with the coronavirus as of Sunday — a figure not seen since the tail end of the summer delta surge. Of those patients, 149 were in intensive care unit beds — a 50% jump since Christmas.

That is already putting stress on some hospital systems in the region. Napa County has no ICU beds currently available, said Leah Greenbaum, the county’s emergency services coordinator.

“The current surge is driving more patients to the health care system, and it is also impacting staff,” she said. “When staff become infected with COVID-19, they cannot come into work and care for patients, which can cause significant strain on the health care system.”

The number of hospitalizations in the Bay Area, a lagging indicator of pandemic trends, has risen sharply since mid-November with the spread of the omicron variant and the persistence of the delta variant, and it shows no sign of abating.

Bay Area health officials expect the number to continue to surge as people return to work and school after traveling and gathering over the winter break, with students at most Bay Area schools returning from holiday on Monday.

“The combination of the omicron variant being highly transmissible and holiday gatherings are contributing to the increase in the number of COVID-19 cases in Solano County, in California, and across the nation,” said Jayleen Richards, public health administrator for Solano County.

Home kits to test for coronavirus infection are ready to be handed out by Alameda County health officials to families at Canyon Middle School in Castro Valley ahead of students’ return from winter break.

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By comparison to San Francisco’s reported daily average of 104 new cases per 100,000 residents, Marin County reported about 80 cases per 100,000 people as of Dec. 30, with San Mateo County at about 68, Napa at 66, Sonoma at 59, Contra Costa at 58, Santa Clara at 57, Alameda at 55 and Solano at 43.

“We are seeing a rapid increase in cases in Napa County,” said Greenbaum. “We have exceeded the peak of the delta surge, and we have nearly as many cases as we did during the winter surge last year.”

Schools in Napa County will not reopen for another week, she added, “but we know many residents resumed more traditional holiday gathering and travel plans this year.”

The good news within the escalating figures is that the number of hospitalizations remains well below what it was a year ago, with a peak of 2,210 on Jan. 10, when vaccines were still just emerging. Some health officials warned, however, that a continuing upward trend may stress medical facilities.

“We are seeing substantial increases in the numbers of adults in hospitals with COVID-19. But with high levels of virus circulating locally, at least some of these people are likely hospitalized for other reasons and had COVID-19 diagnosed on routine screening,” said Neetu Balram, public information manager for Alameda County.

People stand in line to shop at Ver Brugge Meat-Fish Poultry along College Avenue in Oakland, masked up as the highly transmissable omicron variant of the coronavirus takes hold in the Bay Area.

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“Intensive care unit COVID-19 hospitalizations are also rising locally, and this may put our hospitals under stress in the coming weeks.”

About 25% of the Bay Area’s intensive care unit beds remain available, according to state data.

“We still have capacity in our hospitals, but continue to monitor the situation,” the Santa Clara County health department said.

Nationwide, there were 103,329 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 as of Monday, according to data from the US Department of Health and Human Services. About 20% — 18,557 — are in intensive care unit beds, among hospitals reporting to the agency. The number is almost approaching the benchmark of 104,000 hospitalizations reported in September at the peak of the delta COVID surge.

As Bay Area students flooded back into schools Monday, the Food and Drug Administration approved Pfizer booster shots against the coronavirus for children as young as 12, to enhance protection in the face of the omicron variant’s ability to evade vaccines. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expects to rule on the recommendation later this week.

The FDA said everyone 12 and older eligible for a Pfizer booster can get one as early as five months after their last dose. Boosters already are recommended for everyone 16 and older.

Children tend to suffer less serious illness from COVID-19 than adults, but child hospitalizations are rising during the omicron wave — most of them unvaccinated.

“Hopefully, this will be not just a call for people to go get their booster shot,” but for the tens of millions of unvaccinated Americans to rethink that choice, said FDA chief vaccine Dr. Peter Marks. “It’s not too late to start getting vaccinated.”

San Francisco Chronicle reporters Erin Allday and Mallory Moench contributed to this story.

Aidin Vaziri is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: avaziri@sfchronicle.com

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SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A new study finds that Gen Z, those born between 1997 and 2012, have been moving back to big cities.

Rentcafé, a real estate listing firm, found that the volume of rental applications by Gen Z rose 21% over the past year while applications from all other generations declined. The age group applied for more rentals in San Francisco last year than any other city in the country.

According to the report, Gen Z is specifically targeting two bay area cities: San Francisco and San Jose.

San Francisco is the highest city when it comes to Gen Z rental applications. Meanwhile San Jose also made it on the top ten list coming in at number seven.

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“Over the past week we noticed that we’re getting a lot of calls,” a broker at Rental SF Jackie Tom says. “People wanting shorter term rentals, people wanting to move in in the summer time, June, July time and they’re planning ahead for their moves”

Tom says she was not aware of the increased size of rental applicants.

According to Rentcafé San Francisco saw a 101% surge of gen z rental applications between 2020 and 2021. Gen Z rental applications rose by 21% across the country in the same year.

If that trend continues, Tom says it would help fill many of the vacancies that still exist

However, she doesn’t expect rent to spike to pre-pandemic levels any time soon.

Apartment List’s latest report on rent prices in the city, shows that rent through February 2022 in San Francisco increased 0.8% month-over-month, compared to a 0.6% decrease nationally.

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2500 Steiner was already a historical landmark; now it is also a record holder

Anna Marie Erwert, SFGATE

Updated: 11/16/2021 5:11 PM

2500 Steiner, a trophy building on Pacific Heights, was built in 1927.

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Majestically on the corner of Alta Plaza Park, 2500 Steiner is rising again famous. Therein, Unit No. 6 sold for $ 15.5 million that November, making the 3,500 square foot unit $ 4,428 per square foot. That price per square foot is the highest SF ever had for a cooperative, according to MLS data. The previous record was held by a cooperative on 1 Steuart Lane at $ 4,012 per square foot.

The interior of the penthouse encompasses this stunning wraparound wall of windows that offers views from the city to the bay and beyond.

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Since 2500 Steiner is on a ridge at approximately 285 feet, it is a recognizable sight in the San Francisco skyline. “The height and lack of tall buildings nearby make it one of the most visible buildings in San Francisco,” wrote Bay Area Architects.

It was built in the 1920s by Conrad Alfred Meussdorffer, who also designed the St. Regis apartments in Lafayette Park (whose beaux-arts beauty catapulted Meussdorffer’s career into the city’s elite) and Washington Street in 2006.

This toilet with its striking wallpaper is one of three and a half bathrooms in the penthouse.

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A cooperative is a special type of property. In contrast to a condominium, in which the owner owns both the unit and a joint stake in the property, in a cooperative the owner does not technically own the property at all. These sales can be complex as prospective buyers must seek approval from a cooperative committee and buyers face significant HOA fees. Financing can also be tricky: some lenders won’t offer credit union loans if there are rules in place that restrict how or to whom you can sell your shares.

Almost every room is located so that you can enjoy the view.

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But none of that mattered to this apartment, which was being sold at its record-breaking price.

Anna Marie Erwert writes from both a tenant and a new buyer perspective and has (finally) achieved both statuses. She focuses on national property trends and specializes in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Pacific Northwest. Follow Anna on Twitter: @AnnaMarieErwert.

The kitchen is ready for a cook, equipped with high-end appliances and gadgets and a custom quilted back wall.

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There are four bedrooms in total; This has built-ins and a wonderful view.

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A romantic terrace awaits you from the main bathroom.

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