First of all, the photo is NOT the true Katerina. My son and I ended up booking both of her locations. We were asked if we would move to the second location on the 3rd night of our 5 night stay. We were told through a text message that we would be moving to an upgrade and private entrance. I also had asked if we could stay in this location the last 3 nights of the trip, instead of having to move back up to our first location. So, we moved on the 3rd night stay. Beginning our 3rd night, we received a text that indicated we would have to move back upstairs (Katerina had double booked the rooms again). We found this out late that night, after enjoying San Diego all day.
First two night stay- Spectacular view. The listing states both bedrooms have an ocean balcony view. Only one room has the balcony view. This bedroom has a curtain for a wall. (On the other side of the curtain is where the living room /TV is located). The other bedroom is small, no view. Both rooms are clean and contain places to put luggage. The adjoining bedroom's bathroom had quite a lot of ants by the shower baseboard. Do not put anything on the floor!
Second location stay- We moved to the bottom floor late on the 3rd night, which is supposed to be the main floor, and an upgrade. Wrong! There are two bedrooms, with no place to put luggage. Only a mattress/boxspring on floor, in both rooms. The rooms were very hot and it took us a text to Katerina to find the thermostat, then half an hour to find it. First bedroom- the decor is brown grass on all four walls. Reminds me of tiki. Very small. Bathroom is on the opposite side of the location. No place to put luggage. No plug-ends and dimly lit. Creepy and claustrophobic feeling to the room. Second bedroom- No furniture except bed. Katerina stores her clothing and accessories behind a partition in the back of the room.
Kitchen/living room-No microwave or TV. There is a monitor to hook up your laptop. No table to eat food. Creepy, rusted knives on the wall.
We made the decision to leave on the beginning of the 3rd night stay. There was no way I could sleep in the tiki decorated bedroom. We tried to call Katerina to find out what she could do to make our stay enjoyable. She did not answer. We then texted. She responded and offered to reimburse us, but said we had to pay for the 3rd night. We are working this out with airbnb, as we did not stay that night. She then turned rude and said when we left, we turned on lights which illuminated her bedroom upstairs. She also stated in a text that she did not appreciate us having airbnb contact her at 12:30 at night. We did not turn on lights, as this was Katerina's security lights. We had no control over the lights coming on. Also, we did not ask airbnb to contact her, so she needed to take it up with them. The last thing, was the key. She was upset with us because we did not put the key back on the safety box. We just wanted to get out of there. It was late and we still needed to find a new place. Katerina was very rude to us about the key. She is wonderful until you have a problem with her. We thought we were getting an awesome deal, but beware! During our issues with our stay, the airbnb helpline was wonderful!