My husband and I went in to CA for a long weekend out of the cold of MI and decided rather stay at a hotel to get a condo so that we could cook a few meals on our own as well as be out of the downtown district. I hadn't done much research on Ocean Beach to know that it's the current day Haight Ashbury full of peace, love and hippiness. Not our standard element, but it didn't bother us at all. The condo itself was small but useful as it had the items you need, a bed to sleep, a way to cook, a tv to watch, wi-fi, etc, plus it was only a few blocks from all the action of stores, restaurants and the beach.
Now the pros & cons:
Pros: as previously mentioned in my review being within walking distance to food & beach are a definite win. Very secure area as the main gates to the common patio/grill area are locked with a keypad. We didn't choose to use the grill but it was there if needed. As was a washer & dryer, outside the building. Didn't appear to have to pay to use, but again we didn't use that. This unit is upstairs in the middle of the building and there is also a keypad to get into the unit (no light in the stairwell at night tho)
Cons: the unit could use a deep clean as a whole. We wore socks the entire time we moved around the unit. Apparently there's a rampant wild parrot population that live in the trees along the street so depending on the time of day these things squawk continuously. Nothing the owner clearly can control but just a head's up an afternoon nap may not be available to you. The biggest con in our opinion, was being in direct way of the airport flightpath. Planes start leaving the airport at 6:30am until about 10pm or so. Again just a head's up as the owner cannot control that either.
All in all it served our purpose.