Overall, the house is immaculate, and the rooftop deck is amazing. The location is great, and I have stayed in the Belmont Shores area a few times. If you can afford the price, rest assured it is worth it.
I would definitely stay here again, without question. Truly one of the nicest and most well-kept rental houses I have ever been in...and I have stayed at many places. The jacuzzi on the rooftop is a great feature you won't find at many rentals. My family all loved it. It is especially great for having a large family stay there.
My only complaints, and they do not impact my 5-star rating, are listed below:
1) I am not a fan of the cameras in the house. I'm not even a huge 'privacy' advocate. But there is an active camera at the foyer as you walk in the house. Then there is one in the living room (someone covered with an old fedex package, but no clue if the sound still works?), and then one or two on the back patio. While the one outside the front door isn't a big deal, the rest kinda irked me. There is just no reason to have any cameras inside the house... I would honestly remove them. The listing said all cameras inside are inactive, but then I messaged Doris and she said they are all active (unless she misunderstood my question, but the red lights were on)...so that is contradictory to the listing. She offered me the ability to cover them up, but im not standing on chairs and covering them.
2) The grill on the roof didn't work. Admittedly, I never messaged Doris about this. My in-laws wanted to BBQ one night but we couldn't get to ignite. Didn't have time after that, so I never mentioned anything to her until I checked out.
3) The oven is extremely confusing to work. You are sent a youtube video with instructions on how to work...so that should tell you all you need to know about the complexity. My mother-in-law is an amazing cook and uses a lot of kitchens, and couldn't figure it out. All of us couldn't figure it out after watching the video, so we gave up. I would invest in a new stove/oven that is updated and much simpler. Your guests would appreciate it.
4) The TV situation is an issue. There is one in each room, except the downstairs bedroom. First, I would put one in the downstairs room...every bedroom should have access to one at the price level of this rental. Second, they are all lower tier brands...Westinghouse, TCL, and Hisense. The TV's need to be upgraded. A couple thousand bucks for a few TV's would keep renters happy for the next 5 - 10 years. 2 of the 4 TV's didnt work at all... i was told there were supposed to be firesticks, but they weren't there. Doris promptly sent me two firesticks she purchased, which I received 2 days later. Very responsive. I only set up one, on the main tv, because the Westinghouse tv apps are all old and outdated, and didn't work well when we tried to sign in. The firestick took forever to setup...the TV lagged severely when trying to setup. This is either because of the westinghouse tv being outdated, or the network was slow, or both. At home, I can setup an entire ROKU in a couple minutes.
5) The internet needs some sort of mesh / extenders setup. There were too many areas in the house that lost connection, or were extremely slow. Could also need a better router, not sure, I never saw it. That might have led to the poor response time on the tv's when using apps (as noted above).
I have 3 small children, so TV's and internet are extremely important for keeping them occupied... they matter more to me than most others. Not to mention my ability to keep working on my laptop as well.
Honestly, for a $5k investment, I imagine you could fix every issue I had with this place.
I will mostly likely stay here again when booking my annual California trip each summer.