Fantastic location. Took several Lyft/Uber rides to/from and only one (during Friday rush hour) was more than $15 and always less than 20 minutes to anywhere within San Diego that we wanted to go, yet you’re still in what feels like the laid back suburbs. Surprisingly, the sushi we’ve ever had in our lifetimes was about a 10 minute WALK from there at a hole in the wall place called SoCal Sushi which we were beyond fortunate to stumble upon as it was still in a “soft opening.”
Great value for this AirBnb. Note: they actually provide a dispenser set with the liquid shower toiletry essentials. Also, the place has a water filter and two refillable glass water bottles in the mini-fridge.
A few nit-picks keeping it from 5 stars for us:
1) The sofa bed was quite thin and underwhelming, so it surprised me that the other couple staying with us said it wasn’t that terrible (but could’ve been better).
2) The extra bedding for the sofa bed was difficult to find as it wasn’t anywhere near the sofa in the common area or listed on a manual/info sheet, but instead in the under bed drawers of the master bed upstairs.
3) The recycling bin was overflowing when we took ours out.
4) The host is listed as “Adam & Holly” but seemed to be managed by someone named Zenia. The manager stated that the cleaning crew found 5 of their towels and hand towels/clothes stained with blood. The towels were pristine white towels by the way. They provided two pictures of two different towel stains. After our group had a serious conversation with each other, no one had any idea how five towels could’ve been stained, particularly with the amount of blood in one of the pictures as none of us had any wounds of any kind. They asked for $50 to replace the towels. Because we forced ourselves to be honest with how any of us could have bled on anything, we determined that of course it’s possible any of those of us with any kind of acne could’ve had a pimple rub open, so we paid $25 after discussing with them our point of view. They have not presently objected to this and seem satisfied with it. I wanted to give a lower star rating because of this, asking for the $50 before discussing with us, and a comment that was made about how they expected their guests to “be honest and forthcoming” even after we spent a good while making sure the house was cleaned, dishes washed and put away, water bottles and previously unfilled ice tray left full, and left linens/windows/doors per the checkout instructions. However, the place was such a nice place to use as a home base for our stay, was so well kept, and in such a great location that 4 stars still seemed fair. Though I wish I didn’t have to provide all of this detail explaining it.
I recommend you take advantage of the value of this place and enjoy your stay in San Diego! (Also, not even kidding: hit up SoCal Sushi which was the best thing we ate on our 10 day vacation in the Southwest.)