My wife and I stayed at Michelle and Ryder's apartment on Bayard in San Diego for five nights. This was our first experience with AirB&B so maybe our expectations were not aligned with the reality of such units. I've divided my comments into PROS and CONS below.

PROS:
As described, unit is just a couple blocks from the beach with easy access to many sports bars and taco shops in this surf-oriented community. It is easy to find with reasonable freeway access. Unit was clean and ready when promised. Kitchen is stocked with a good collection of pots, pans, plates, bowls and flatware. Unit is airy and light with lots of windows.

CONS:
Amenities were disappointing, actually useless. The two bikes stored below the stairs were in bad shape, rusty and all tires flat. One of the three beach chairs was badly ripped and the other two were filthy. We didn't use the surf boards or wet suits.

You walk through a small courtyard to get to the apartment stairs on the back side of the garage. There are two solar powered lights intended to show the way, but if you arrive after the batteries have drained, 10pm or so, it is pitch dark until you reach the stairs. Bring a flashlight.

Bring your own Kleenex and shower soap too because they are not provided.

The chairs and couch in the living area are old and tired. Both of us found them quite uncomfortable so we sat mostly in the desk and table chairs for reading. There is no TV or radio, but there is a nice sound-bar speaker for your MP3 player.

Worst of all, this is a terrible fire trap. The single apartment is built atop an old stand-alone wooden garage. The wooden staircase on the far side is the only way out other than jumping from a window in an emergency. There is no fire extinguisher. The only smoke detector, near the kitchen, does not work. Heat is provided by natural gas but a carbon monoxide detector could not be found. All of the outlets in the living area are ungrounded. The "grounded" power strip by the desk has an illegal adapter on it to make it fit into the old two-prong ungrounded outlet. As a former firefighter, I fear that this is a tragedy waiting to happen.

I cannot recommend this unit in its current state.