This house is fantastic if you have a group of six to eight, but not ideal for larger parties unless the additional persons don't mind staying in the non-connected and far inferior apartment on the street level. Even then, I don't think there is enough space for large groups as advertised. It is difficult to write a review for our stay as I felt like the two spaces were on opposite ends of the spectrum.
You have to have at least thirteen people in order to have access to the "guest house," which is a street-level apartment with no windows and only access from the street. We paid additional guest fees to have access to it. Although we only had ten guests total, there is no way we all could have fit comfortably in the main house. A frustrating aspect was that there is a door connecting the house and apartment, but you cannot use it to access the two spaces. I know that makes sense if rented separately, but was very annoying as the main house has a pass code to enter and the apartment has one key to be shared among a group coming and going at different times. I would not recommend staying at the apartment as it was dark and left very little to be desired aside from the location, which is phenomenal - just a couple blocks from the beach.
The house itself was not as nice as I thought it would be for the price, but was great for what we needed. We had fewer people than we planned, and I don't know what we would have done with a larger group. The location is great - a five minute walk from the beach and Sherwin, our host, was fantastic. He was very responsive and let us check in hours early.
There were some issues we encountered in the house such as the couch arm and sofa bed being broken, the air conditioning not working as well on the main level of the house, a missing glass pane in the kitchen and tape everywhere on the walls and ceiling from the previous party. Again, it just wasn't as nice as I was expecting it to be from the photos or the price.
Sherwin was great. He was very understanding of our issues and was very accommodating to us. If you're going to Pacific Beach to just party and have fun, this is a great option as long as you don't have a party larger than eight. You cannot beat the location and is not loud considering it's located on Mission Blvd.