My boyfriend and I stayed here for a leisurely trip to San Diego to relax and enjoy ourselves. We booked mostly based off of reviews which all looked great.
I will say Camille’s property is very cute looking, it’s quaint, and has literally almost every utensil and amenity you can think of (even Disney +). The bed is huge, the blankets are comfy, and the shower head is a whole experience of it’s own! There is a huge walk in closet to store stuff if you are staying there a while and she even left hangers. Overall the place is very nice LOOKING and the area is perfectly close to everything there is to do.
There are a lot of disclaimers in Camille’s “shared living experience” that point out possible issues you may face staying here such as bugs and noise, but we didn’t think it would be too bad as we live in an apartment ourselves and aren’t too picky. Unfortunately none of the notes prepared us for the reality of our stay. We opted to park in the garage but it only locks from the outside with a padlock so you have to walk around the side of the whole building to get back to the front door, which is too big for the doorframe and does not shut whatsoever. The screen door in front of the main door does lock, but doesn’t cover the whole doorframe, so we were bombarded with cockroaches and are still finding them in our luggage. There is even a second door in front of the front door that can be unlocked with a fingernail. Most of that wouldn’t have been as bad if the neighbors weren’t all extremely loud, and erratic. The upstairs neighbors have several children (honestly not even a complaint it’s just extra noisy from the rambunctiousness) but it really didn’t seem like they slept whatsoever. Also as mentioned it’s a SHARED living (in a very under kept building) so there is a door in the bedroom that opens directly into the neighbors laundry room, which is where they keep their dog that doesn’t stop barking and scratching aggressively at the door. There’s loud domestic disputes, yelling, loud music, loud dogs, and I don’t think we slept more than a few hours each night because of the noise alone. Then after reaching out to Camille for assistance she let us know that another neighbor was threatening to call the police on us. That was alarming for us because we were out exploring all day as tourists and came back at night to TRY and sleep so there’s no reason other than discrimination they would have threatened to do so (unless they have to contact the police for the upstairs people often which we wouldn’t doubt). We considered getting a hotel the second night just to get a full night sleep and not have to deal with chaos but there is no chance of getting our money back. I guess you get what you pay for. All of the issues we had Camille said she was unaware of, but it’s very clear she is not in the area and does not do the upkeep herself so I think there really should have been some type of communication before we got there. Overall the place is very cute and conveniently located but we did not sleep nor feel safe whatsoever and it was an extremely stressful experience. Especially being in a new city and already having paid for your trip.