This was my boyfriend and i’s first time staying in an Airbnb for a weekend and the listing was definitely quite accurate in person. But the only issue we had was that we were not notified before hand that there would be construction in the attic right above the Airbnb. On Friday, our check-in day Cecilia notified us of the construction at around 12:40pm and asked us to wait 10 mins after our agreed check-in time at 2:00 pm so that construction could finish up. Okay, that was fine, But it went on for quite a few hours after we arrived. I was trying to take a nap and relax after driving 5 1/2hours to get here before we had to get ready for my birthday dinner at 7:30pm. I reached out to Cecilia at 6:30pm and she went and told them to go home, they finished at 6:40pm. I also gave her a timeline for Saturday saying that we would be out at 9:00 and back around 3:00 to relax before dinner. (I said 3 because construction usually ends at 3:30) she responded saying that was perfect! Anyway, Saturday rolls around, and my boyfriend and I tried to stay out on Saturday as long as possible to avoid the construction, it was hard to stay out because it was 100 degrees that day. So we finally caved in around 4ish while on our way back to the Airbnb I get a message from our host saying that the workers won’t be done till 7:00 maybe earlier. We wanted to relax and get out of the heat before getting up and ready for dinner. It was 7:30 when I messaged her again because we really couldn’t relax and enjoy our stay with that constant noise and she said they should be done soon and she would offer me credit to make up for the inconvenience, which was fine and she mentioned that there wouldn’t be any construction on Sunday. Well that wouldn’t have mattered because Sunday was our check-out day. I was too tired to go out that evening and just wanted to relax maybe order in. But it was clear the construction wouldn’t end anytime soon. So at 9:30pm and tired of hearing people walking in the attic and dropping things we decided to just leave and go out for awhile.
I wish Cecila had mentioned the day that we reserved her Airbnb (which was a week in advance) that there was going to be construction in the attic above us during our stay. That way she could have let us decide if we wanted to go through with the stay or cancel.. it’s not like we could just turn around a go home, we live 340 miles away. Again, she gave us some credit back, which was fair. But part of celebrating my birthday was also so I could relax, in a nice Airbnb. Other than this issue, the Airbnb was clean when we arrived, the water pressure in the shower was very nice and the bed was quite comfortable. The air conditioning was AMAZING especially in that LA heat.
I recommend this place and my boyfriend and I would like to be able to stay again at The Sandbar Casita, but hopefully next time there isn’t any construction. :)