Pros:
- organized hosts who provide detailed instructions
- great location for exploring the Gaslamp Quarter and San Diego more broadly
- high ceilings and windows
- parking included (offsite but nearby)
Cons:
- noise: the unit is directly across the street from a club that plays booming music all evening and night, apparently every night; it is VERY loud in the apartment as a result, and we found it hard to sleep until the music stopped in the wee hours; another reviewer previously took some heat for complaining about the noise, with a critic replying that that’s life in the city, and I can say no, this place just happens to be right across from (and uninsulated from) an exceptionally loud, open-air bar/club; we both are big-city people and never have had to endure this
- we found the mattress in the bedroom very uncomfortable; it was warped, such that we both rolled toward the center; it was too firm, and we woke with joint and muscle soreness daily; and it was so springy that any slight movement by either of us caused the bed to jiggle disruptively
- the bathroom seemed to us tatty; it sorely needs a renovation
- the bathroom and kitchen sinks have poor water pressure
- someone went air-freshener bananas on the building, from the lobby to the elevator to the corridors to the unit itself; the fragrance chokes the respiratory tract; unfortunately, the elevator does smell putrid either way
On balance, we found it centrally located and overall fairly comfy while also being of questionable value compared to a Gaslamp Quarter hotel.