This a great place to rent for your beach vacation. It is a great location to the beach, shops, restaurants, stores, freeway, Sea World, San Diego Bay, San Diego Zoo, you name it. The house is clean and a great space for your large family or a good number of guests. We had 7-8 guests; two being kids, and it fit us perfectly. Having 2 1/2 baths was perfect since we had a lot of people in the house, but buy some extra toilet paper. We ran out.
It is a very quite place. Once you open the sliding glass doors, you can smell the beach air. It was great having 3 patios to relax and have a few drinks without a lot of foot traffic. Surprising since your so close to the main street and beach. Next time we are definitely using the grill because it is a nice one. A grocery store and drug store is so close we walked to get supplies for the week. It was great and came in handy a lot.
Having a garage comes in handy, but it is narrow so only cars and small SUV's can fit in it. We didn't really have trouble finding parking. You don't really need to drive once you check in because you have everything so close, you can walk or bike to it. Having all the beach toys, chairs, umbrella and bikes were great. We used them almost everyday. The washer/dryer in the garage was great because we went home with clean clothes that didn't smell like the beach. You may need to bring some extra pods/laundry soap if you have a lot of people and they plan on cleaning their clothes too. There were no fabric sheets for the dryer so bring/buy those as well. They are cheap and easy to pack so it is not a deal breaker. We also packed paper plates and bowls so were not running the dishwasher all the time. But having once was nice.
Juliana was a fantastic host. She is easy to communicate with before, during and even after the reservation. The check-in and check-out is very easy due to her instructions/itinerary.
We are definitely renting from her again in the future. The house and her are great! I highly recommend her rental property.