A few friends and I booked this place for a one-night stay as we were seeing Bad Bunny at Petco Park. The first red flag was that the listing address was different than the address emailed to me for check in. I had to email them to confirm the correct address. Once we had the correct address (different than the posting) we were able to check in fairly easy and quickly.
The apartment was a bit warm and there is no central AC or window ACs. There was one portable AC so we decided to plug it in the upstairs bedroom. Within a minute of plugging in the AC, the AC and power went out in half of the house. We attempted to reset the breakers downstairs but the power did not return. The breaker was already too loose and would not stay. It needed to be replaced. I contacted the host who stated the breakers needed to be reset but were tricky and he could be over within 30 minutes. The host arrived and attempted to reset the breaker; however, was unable to. He stated he could have someone come fix the breaker by 7:00pm. We agreed. No one came and the host did not inform me no one was coming. I contacted him around 8:00pm. He then said no one was coming tonight and could have someone fix it tomorrow. He offered to bring an extra lamp.
The entire stay, half the house was without power. We had to change and get ready in the dark or leave the upstairs restroom door open for some light. The downstairs restroom had no light. We also had no working fans throughout the night. Luckily it wasn’t too warm otherwise it would’ve been incredible uncomfortable.
The location is great and central to downtown/ Gaslamp. We were able to walk to and from Gaslamp and Petco Park. However, there are homeless encampments all through this block. It looks like skid row. And felt unsafe to walk through at night.
There’s a post office across the street and plenty of parking. But again, most of it was taken by homeless people sleeping in their cars in front of the house. We heard them outside in their cars all night and woke up to trash and food outside the home. There’s also plenty of poop along the street and side walk. This is obviously not the hosts fault; however, I do think it’s important to know where you are booking.
Thankfully we only booked this place for one night.