Beyond what we had expected!
This was our first time getting an Airbnb. Our objective was to relax and try to distress near the beach. I'm sure everyone being stuck at home with kids during quarantine, will agree that all we really needed was a quick getaway, almost anywhere would do.... fortunately enough we found this!!!
Instantly we were receiving responses from the landlord. He was very helpful with instructions. It was four of us, two couples and we were all fairly new to the area so were in awed with all the scenery and how close we were to the water. We had almost no trouble finding the rental with the instructions that were given. We kept in mind that parking was going to be tough, so we tried keeping an eye open for nearby areas which was very rare they'd be available. We tried making our drop off as quick as possible since there was somewhat constant traffic through the alley.
Once we accessed the courtyard through the alley door, you notice how private the courtyard feels, which is also very clean and equipped with a grill and and patio table that is shared between both units on back part of the property. We had rented the top unit, up the stairs to a small balcony with a French Iron Table (where you had a view of the lagoon) we opened up to a beautiful, cozy apartment. Everything was in view from the front door, it was an open floor plan layout.
We wanted to enjoy the area, since we had noticed so many beautiful walkways. So we left our stuff and went to look for parking. Since it was Friday, fresh out of quarantine, it was somewhat tough and pricey to find a spot. Luckily we did, a few blocks down Mission Blvd. We did notice street sweeping does happen twice a week, but it wasn't a problem on the weekend. We walked back to the rental and couldn't get enough of the sound of the waves clashing, but the unit was closer to the lagoon side of Mission beach marina, so we walked the luscious green walkways that lead back to the lagoon and we turned up the boardwalk to enjoy the breeze.
We arrived back to our rental and walked up to it from the front part of the property and noticed the other shared patio tables and grills on the property. Overall, many common areas throughout. We noticed the renters of the front units and were very nice as we walked into the property. We looked into the laundry/ storage room and notice all the extras that were available to us, such as beach chairs, boogie boards, kids sand toys and umbrella. Also a few grilling tools.
Overall this place was beautiful and well located. We did notice a few bars within a 5 minute walk, some restaurants only a 15 minute walk down to the Ocean Front.
Our Landlord was very friendly and helpful. He seemed to be nearby which is great if you have complications with anything.
We had an amazin time there and made friends with the renters in the unit below... we all have kids and would love to come back out but to rent a bigger unit, I can only hope to find something just as great as this.