A+++. No need to look any further - this is a fantastic Airbnb stay and you will not be disappointed. I stayed here for one month and I am very pleased with my stay and I would definitely book again. Here is my bulleted list of what everyone always wants to know when they look for an Airbnb stay.
1. Size of room: It is a single room attached to the main house in the front of the house next to the street, and the room includes a full bathroom. For one or two people it's great. If you are a family of six, I think the host would agree that this Airbnb would not be for you due to the size of the room.
1. Cleanliness - inside the room is extremely clean and new looking. The room has beautiful and elegant looking shiny large black tiles. Outside the room is the well-maintained very nice main home and very nicely maintained landscaping. The entire neighborhood is similar.. very well-maintained neighborhood.
2. Privacy: Even though the room is attached to the main house I had all the privacy I needed. There were no issues with having my privacy.
3. Neighborhood: Quiet neighborhood with beautiful homes. Hardly any street traffic so hardly any street noise. I felt very safe in this neighborhood. I took some walks at night and I felt safe at all times. There's a beautiful lake about a mile or a mile and a half away...you can easily walk to it.
4. Shower: water pressure is great and the hot water availability is also great. Note: it was just me staying here and I had plenty of hot water for a single person but I can't comment about this if two people are showering one after the other.
5. Parking: parking is on the street outside the house.. most of the time I could find parking right in front of the house.. occasionally I would have to park a few houses away (this was not a big deal). I first confirmed with the host that there are no restricted days or times when you can park there.
6. TV: mounted on the wall opposite the bed. Worked great for me.. had Netflix which is the channel I mainly watched.. probably had some other channels that I didn't watch but are there.
7. Room temperature. I stayed there in fall so I didn't have any problems and I really can't comment on summer or winter. It was perfect weather for me and the room temperature was always great. If it ever got a little warm I just opened the nice big window above the bed and got a nice fresh breeze. I believe there's a heater in the closet that you can plug in and use but I did not use it so cannot comment on it.
8. Cooking: microwave and a tiny refrigerator (one of the smaller size refrigerators that holds just a few things). This is what is advertised and it worked for me. Both were clean and worked fine.
9. Front door lock: electronic lock with a key code that the host will give you and easy to use and easy to lock when you leave the room.
10. Stores and restaurants: Everything you can imagine within a 2-mile drive. Huge shopping center 2 miles down the street that has a Vons grocery store, Target, Lowe's, Bank of America, gas station and car wash, and many restaurants including Islands, IHOP, Luna Grill, Panda Express, Krispy Kreme, McDonalds, Arby's, and many others. There's another shopping mall from there, maybe a mile and a half away, that has even more things including a Best Buy and more restaurants. You will not have to look far to go out to eat to any place you want to go.
10. Freeways. The shopping center I just mentioned above is right off the freeway. The room and house itself for about 2 miles from the freeway and this shopping center. The freeway nearest the house (125) is a toll road.. but just by driving three or four miles on Otay directly to the 805, you can easily avoid tolls. I did this many times to go to downtown San Diego and paid no tolls by doing this.
11. Distance to San Diego: Never a problem.. takes about 20 to 30 minutes depending on what part of San Diego you go to. SeaWorld about 30 minutes away.. Balboa Park maybe 25 minutes away. La Jolla maybe 40 minutes away.
12. Check in and check out: very easy and absolutely no problems. Host sends you an electronic code prior to your stay.
13. Bed: quite comfortable. I think it has a rollout bed under the main bed so the main bed is a little high off the ground but it's not bad at all.
14. Communications with the host. I did not have any issues that I needed to communicate with the host. I asked the host a few questions such as where is a good car wash nearby and she replied back with a great recommendation.. and she did so within just a few minutes or up to an hour which is totally great.
15: Laundry: As clearly advertised, there is no laundry available to you while you stay, however there is nice laundromat near the shopping center I mentioned above.
16. Value: Great value for the price. I purposely stayed here in Chula Vista versus near downtown San Diego largely due the lower price of this Airbnb compared to others. At least it worked out this way during my time frame of stay.. I assume it's still generally true for the entire rest of the year too.
17. Internet: I used the room's internet a lot while I stayed here and it was fast and very reliable.. I can't remember any instances when I couldn't use it when I wanted to.