Great house and location! We had a great stay in Mark’s house. Pluses, the pool can be heated and Mark is very reasonable about only heating it the days you need it. The hot tub is very hot, and has a great view of the Sea World fireworks (which happened around 8 pm this last weekend.) There is also a sauna near the pool, but we didn’t use it. The beds are very comfortable and the bedrooms reasonably dark (blinds in most rooms do not completely block out morning sun.) Easy freeway access and easy to get to the store, coffee, food etc from the house.
Minor cons, likely due to covid there aren’t even k-cups available for the Keurig. The house is devoid of most consumables, no bottles of water, no napkins (there are paper towels.) Soaps and shampoos/conditioner are provided.
If you cannot do stairs or are uncomfortable with stairs, this is not the house for you. There is a bedroom and full bath on the main floor, which is where the pool and kitchen are. But you must go upstairs and through the master to get to the hot tub. In order to do laundry you need to traverse a very tight spiral staircase, and at checkout all the linens must go down that spiral staircase to the laundry room. Thankfully we are able-bodied, but the stairs which are tiled (as is most of the house) made me nervous. Even the outside garbage cans require either going down a set of stairs or around the house on the street.
The neighborhood is quiet, we always found parking in front of the front door and due to the location there were very few cars driving by. The house is kept very clean. I would not recommend this house to people with children younger than teens, too many hard surfaces, fall hazards, and plush rugs and such that would not hold up well to spills or crumbs. Mark is an excellent communicator and it was a pleasure talking to him and staying at his home.