This place is super cool! The pictures had us confused on the layout of the place, but we were pleasantly surprised with the open layout. Awesome shower, beautiful and well-appointed kitchen, super comfortable bed with lots of pillows. Beach supplies (towels, chairs, mat) helped us a whole lot with our goal of traveling super light.
The windows let in quite a bit of light in the morning, but it shouldn't be a problem if you don't plan on sleeping in past 8ish. Get up and get to the beach!
Location is awesome! Far enough away from annoying crowds, but close enough to the very touristy Mission Beach ped-bikeway to have no shortage of walkable fun and great people watching! 2 minute walk to the quieter side of the beach!!
We rented bikes from a shop at Belmont Park for 98 bucks: 2 bikes for 4 days. More than worth it for getting around up and down Mission Beach. Took the 20-something minute ride over 2 bridges to Ocean beach and had a great adventure to the longest concrete pier on the west coast!
Super easy check in and out with the coded deadbolt. Had no worries of security while in or out.
Overall: beautiful apartment, awesome location, great communication with happy hosts, and zero complaints!