Good value! Overall the place was very much as represented. Clean and quiet. The self check-in was really convenient, and it was nice having basics like water bottles and coffee in the kitchen. Booked it for a last minute weekend overnight, and found downtown San Diego and the hip neighborhoods around it easy to access - 15 or 20 min drive on the freeway. The front of the house no longer looks the way it does in the pictures; Tao apparently replaced the grass lawn with gravel. Not as aesthetically pleasing, to be sure, but hey, we're in an awful drought, folks! The room was fine, but we thought smaller than it looks in the pics. We didn't mind, since we were planning to spend most of our time out, exploring the city. By way of contrast, I actually thought the pics of another room we peeked our heads in -- room 7 I believe -- didn't do it justice. It looked nicer and more inviting in person! I met Tao in passing. He seemed like a really nice guy. In closing, the experience easily beat what we would have found at a comparably priced motel.