James's house was great! The location is excellent--very close to the beach yet far enough away from the Pacific Beach party scene. The house was very clean and any questions I had were quickly answered. I'm sure that if there had been any problems, they would have been resolved just as quickly. We had no problem with hot water using both showers at the same time. The BBQ grill was in great shape and worked well. The outside shower for rinsing off before coming inside was useful for keeping the house inside cleaner. There are a few house games available if you don't bring your own.
The only negative is the parking situation because it's so close to a popular beach--we never had to park more than a couple of houses away, and within an hour or two a spot would open up in front of the house; we were there the last week of July, so there were probably more beach-goers than other times of the year (besides holidays). Everything we wanted to see or do in the San Diego area was less than 30 minutes away including Balboa Park and the zoo, Point Loma, Coronado Island, etc., and Mission Bay was just a few minutes away.