Catrina was very responsive before and throughout our stay. She allowed us to change our dates free of charge after the window had passed, which was really nice of her.
The place is small, but really well laid out with lots of cute touches. It is dated, but the cute touches help. There was even a bottle of wine and ice cream sandwiches in the freezer there for us! They also left a 3/4 bottle of Tito’s but when we opened it, it was water.
When we arrived the spare sheets and towels were in the dryer. We put them away in the linen closet. We tried to turn the heat on in the evening, but the pilot light had gone out. We called Catrina and she was very responsive and FaceTimed us to relight it.
The bathroom doesn’t have a fan so if you take really hot showers I would say leave the window and door open. We set the fire alarm off the first day. The shower and sink both have slow leaks.
There was a partial roll of toilet paper when we arrived and when we ran out we couldn’t find a replacement. I reached out to Catrina and she let us know she thought there were replacements in the garage storage, but we had already bought more. It would have been nice to have a few spare rolls in the bathroom or linen closet.
The page says there is shampoo, but we didn’t find any. We brought our own so it didn’t impact us. Also says direct TV, which is true, but only very basic channels. No ESPN.
There are a considerable number of ants in there, but it’s CA so not sure there’s much you can do there. There are a couple mason jars with brown sugar and flour that I took out to get sugar for my coffee and there were tiny insects in the flour and the bottom was moldy. This was pretty gross, but we just didn’t use it and it wasn’t a big deal.
The doorknob to the porch fell off while were there, but my husband is handy and was able to fix it.
The porch is super charming with lights and seating. We loved hanging out out there. Very close and walkable to restaurants and the beach. The location really can’t be beat.
I did reach out to Catrina and let her know about some of the issues and she was apologetic and told us someone was staying there for a month before us and didn’t mention any of it and neither did the cleaning ladies. She said she would go in after our stay and be sure it was fixed up for the next guest.
We stayed for a week. If you aren’t going to spend much time in the house and care most about location I think this is a good spot.