Tao was a great and communicative host. He let me check-in early to accommodate an event I was attending and always responded to my messages quickly. The house and room were clean, and plenty of towels and toiletries were provided. Check-in and check-out were very simple and exactly as Tao describes, no complications or fuss. When I opened my bathroom window, I was very surprised and happy to see a little canine face peering back at me - sweet pup!
Only downside was that the room was very hot with no fan, which made it difficult to sleep. There was also a lack of convenient outlets near the bed (one tucked way behind the headboard that is unreachable), so you need to charge your devices across the room.
The location ended up being further from many of the places I needed to go in San Diego than I thought - Lyft trips to La Jolla or central San Diego ranged from $20-30 during non-surge hours.