I hesitated to write this review because it's radically different from all previous positive reviews. But I don't want anybody to have the same experience we had. So here you go.
We booked this place with my husband for slightly more than a month to have a so-called "workation". The pictures looked great and reviews (not a lot, though) were very positive, so we were very excited. It was our first experience with a long-term booking on Airbnb.
First, the good things.
The property is located in a quiet and safe neighborhood (not a lot of homeless or suspicious people) and it's just 15 min away from the beach.
Moreover, you get a pretty good view of the ocean from the window.
The host (Russell, the partner of Ana) seemed like a nice guy and even ordered us a box of herbal teas (I read in other reviews that the hosts stock up on your favorite drink).
Didn't have problems with parking.
Now to the bad part. It was a big one for us and nothing else could compensate for it. The apartment was filthy. It looked like nobody cleaned it for many months. Pictures were probably taken a long-long time ago.
The shower cabin was all covered in black mold, along with the toilet. The host didn't seem bothered at all by black mold when he showed us the apartment when we arrived. On the first 2 days we went to Bed, Bath & Beyond to buy essentials and cleaned everything as much as we could with baking soda and Hydrogen Peroxide, but it was impossible to get rid of black mold fully with these measures.
The apartment doesn't have proper ventilation, so the mold was regrowing pretty fast, especially during hot days.
There was dust on many surfaces and the area behind the bed had layers of dust mixed with previous tenants' hair.
The vacuum cleaner that was provided almost didn't work until we cleaned the filter that probably wasn't cleaned for years.
The towels had stains and smelled.
The bathroom rug looked so dirty and old that we had to buy a replacement. I decided to wash it in a washing machine and, to my surprise, it came out looking brand new. The only thing it needed was washing - a simple and essential procedure before new tenants move in.
The apartment doesn't have AC (which we were aware of) but we didn't expect such heat in March and April. They put a small Dyson AC/heater there, but in such weather it wasn't very helpful.
Insects. The apartment doesn't have proper sealing, so we had a lot of moths (especially in the evening) and armies of ants everywhere. We patched some holes in the floor with tissues, it reduced the number of ants but not significantly because, apparently, they had many other ways in.
The Internet connection was very unstable. Maybe it pertains to the whole state of California because we experienced the worst Internet connectivity in SF on our way back. Maybe not and it was just bad luck.
To conclude, I would say if all aforementioned things generally don't bother you (like they probably didn't bother all previous tenants who didn't leave negative reviews), then it's a good choice given the location and relatively modern design. You decide. I'm done.