Kelly’s property is beautiful inside but she runs the place like a literal prison compound and you’re under literal surveillance 24/7 due to some past negative experiences she has allegedly had with past Airbnb guests.
As a person working in tech at Facebook who was there for work and barely in the unit at all, I went through quite a ridiculous amount of trouble with two guests I had visit the property with me surrounding work efforts I was involved in in LA for just a few hours.
Kelly’s approach to knowing when someone’s on her property every second of the day and aggressively and repetitively demanding info on guests set an uncomfortable tone and also became borderline accusatory in her process of being overly proactive about surveillance on the property, due to her past experiences.
As a woman of color and property owner in San Diego -
The overall tone from the beginning with comms around the stay wasn’t awesome. All in all my thoughts are perhaps Kelly reconsider renting out the space with Airbnb if past experiences have completely tainted and impacted how she will treat future guests who are wanting to use the space.
Just as hosts can decide their own rules and make decisions around guests - Airbnb is a customer driven business model and guests also have a choice in where they stay and are absolutely expected to be shown ground level professionalism and etiquette, with supporting and owner’s business and using Airbnb.
I am also a property owner of a multi unit complex in San Diego and understand the risk that goes along with having temp or long term tenants occupy your property - this is why you have insurance and protection but no matter what, is an assumed liability and if you cannot professionally handle the business that comes along with that, you should not continue to rent this property out in this way, with the expectation to treat and speak to ppl with complete disregard and borderline accusatory tactics.
I would only recommend this place if you absolutely plan to be alone 24/7.