Home was safe, clean, and comfortable. The neighborhood was quiet and we rarely heard traffic or sirens considering the proximity to a main road and hospital. Our priority is to be in a safe home/location, and we definitely felt secure having a roll gate at driveway entrance and good locking windows/doors. Keyless locking/entry was nice.
Throughout, the place was clean and seating was comfortable, whether inside or out. Wished we had more seating though as we reserved for 8 and dining table only had 4 chairs but could have accommodated 6 with more chairs. There were only 4 chairs outside, too, and having a larger table (& chairs for 8) to eat outside would have been ideal.
Plenty of pillows and good amount of natural light in all but one bedroom (with the twin bunk beds). Not everyone liked the beds saying they were too firm and the pillows were flat. We noticed the bedroom pics were different; one had no nightstands or lamps, master had no lamps on nightstands, bunk bed room did not have the beanbags. The sleep number bed was not plugged in and the cords were tucked way in middle of the bed - too much work to figure that out.
The u-shaped kitchen was easy to maneuver with a few of us in it at once. The ability to have consistent hot water was mentioned upon checkin as the home utilized a tankless water system. This was an issue during the 5 day stay as we cooked most of our meals at the home and ended up using the only dishwasher pod left for us on our first night. So we ended up washing dishes with cold water most of the time even though we followed Ann’s instructions to turn water off and wait a few minutes. Pots and pans were in need of replacement. We had to buy herbs & spices because there were hardly any left or none of the basics (garlic, onion powder). Kitchen lacked containers for food, foil or plastic wrap to cover food, smaller cooking utensils (like a small spatula for eggs), and a meat thermometer. Best to confirm ahead what is supplied so you know what to bring.
Hot water in the showers was more consistent. A lack of hand towels in the bathrooms forced us to use wash cloths. We would have used a bath towel but there were barely enough for us to use. Glad we brought our own beach towels to use for the pool! One toilet was really slow in filling up, so slow we had to take the lid off and help the filling process in order to flush again.
The beautiful pool was fantastic and refreshing and really the highlight of our stay (actually the reason we booked this place was because it had a pool)! Six of us played with water guns and swam around comfortably every day. The waterfall feature was only on for a few hours and when I asked Ann about it she offered to turn it on for the hours we wanted. We enjoyed the fire pit a couple nights which was very relaxing to sit around and chat while the kids quietly night swam. I mentioned a couple times we noticed no lights on in pool at night but no response.
Overall, the place suited us fine. We were ~25 minute drive to Coronado, 10-20 minutes to shopping, and an easy walk down the street to Vons and restaurants (Wendy’s, Rubios, Starbucks and local places). I relayed to Ann a number of things we thought she should be aware of or that she should include for future guests (most of which is mentioned here). No issues kept us from being in vacation mode but it did take away from the experience. It would have been appreciated to have all concerns responded to timely and answered. I had to restate questions and was uncertain Ann read all of what I sent her.