This was our second visit, so I won't repeat the many exuberant positives from my initial review of three years ago--nothing I said then has changed. In addition to keeping his cottage spotless and his rental fee low, Bill is the kind of host who remains accessible to his visitors throughout their stay. The only real problem we encountered (and which we shared with Bill) was the extremely spotty wi-fi reception, which interfered with streaming and web browsing throughout the cottage. Besides an upgrade to the router, one change we would suggest is to replace the Cox cable TV setup with a simple Roku stick so that visitors might share the household Netflix account (if there is one) or stream content directly from their own accounts (Netflix, Amazon Prime, Criterion, Hoopla, Kanopy, or whatever) via their portable devices. The changes would greatly benefit those whose visits coincide, as ours did, with winter rainstorms that can turn San Diego neighborhoods into temporary lakefront property. That said, Bill's Idle Cottage succeeds where others fail, as it offers what we all look for in a vacation rental: privacy, security, cleanliness, efficiency, even the beauty of a garden setting. And fresh flowers!