Overall, the place was nice. Close to the beach, restaurants, and other San Diego attractions. The apartment was well equipped with everything we needed and all we had to do was leave our linens and towels where they laid. No real clean-up required, which is nice. Short walk to the beach was also a plus. Be aware that most of Ocean beach is in the flight path of the airport, so you do hear the planes leaving most of the morning and up until 10pm-ish. That would be the only real issue with staying in the apartment...but that's not on the host! Doug was great with communication, and he answered all of our questions quickly. Entry was super easy with the door codes, and parking in the back made it easy to come and go. The only real issue we had was the area itself. If we traveled without our 11 year old, it might have been different. There are a lot of homeless that hang out by the beach area, so that was a drawback. OB is also somewhat of a "party" area, and we were there on a long weekend, so there were a lot of inebriated 20-somethings partaking of a lot of alcohol...which led to lots of vomit on the sidewalk and stumbling and bumbling as we were walking to dinner. However, once Monday evening hit, the streets were less crowded and the drunken kids left the area. If I were younger and single, this would be a spot I'd hit up again and again...I'm neither of those things, though. But, as before, that isn't a reflection on the host, Doug. He was great as was the apartment.