Pros: Excellent accessibility to gaslamp, quick and seamless checkin.
Cons: Interior/Bathroom/Cleanliness: Cleanliness of the place was subpar. It wasn’t enough to make me want to leave but you’d think that there would be effort put into cleaning the tiles and areas in the bathroom. There was leftover hair near the sink and the bathroom had mildew spots. Upstairs area was dingy as well. Seemed like housekeeping put in lackluster effort.
Interior: This is a open space loft so don’t expect any privacy If you’re arriving in a group. There are no separate bedrooms so everything is pretty much like a glass house. We requested a divider for the upstairs portion but what the host had provided didn’t divide anything really. Was about 2 feet in width and I could still see my friend. I wouldn’t recommend this place for anyone staying in a group of 3+. There’s a full bed that’s laid up against a window (yes a window) so if you don’t mind the awkward positioning, that’s fine I guess. The pictures of the unit are deceiving.
Neighbors/Noise: The walls in this unit are EXTREMELY thin and I mean extremely. If you make any noise the next door neighbor can hear everything. It came to a point where we received several complaints for noise and we weren’t even loud. I believe the neighbor is an elderly man who may be sensitive to noise but it’s very unreasonable how thin the walls are.
Stepping outside the loft and being introduced to homeless people wasn’t exactly fun either. One of my friends was harassed by some drunk homeless guy as she was walking to our place at night. Lots of homeless near and/or surrounding the apartment. I almost had to step over a homeless guy sleeping as I left the unit.
Host: The host was patient when it came to the noise issue with our neighbor but she was quite disrespectful and dishonest when it came to the check-out. Around noon the day after we checked out (this is strange) she claimed her housekeeper showed up a day later than they were supposed to and sent her pictures of the place being in disarray and that we broke a soap dispenser that cost ($27) to replace. I immediately told her this was false since we cleaned the place and did several walkthroughs before and had no problem with reporting a broken soap dispenser that costs little to nothing. I then proceeded to ask her for pictures but she didn’t reply until 8-9 hours later (again..strange… if you had the pics why not just send them then?). 8 hours go by and I’m expecting pictures of a trashed apartment but she sends me pictures of one dirty towel (yes one), and 2 used pillow cases. Keep in mind no pics of the actual apartment were provided. Who would’ve thought a a towel and pillow case would be used and needed washing! We found this extremely petty and trivial considering this could be rectified by a wash in the laundry and that’s in the unit. I then asked her for pictures of the apartment and she replied with “Lol” and that’s it. It seemed retaliatory in nature and just to have a pretext to write a bad review but I’m no longer surprised at the level some people stoop these days.
Would I recommend this “loft” ? No, and I have lots of colleagues and clients that travel to San Diego often. Would I recommend staying in this area? Yes, the gaslamp is beautiful and really fun. Would I recommend staying at any property hosted by this host? No, her conduct after the checkout and the lack of cleanliness in the bathroom area just turned me off. I hope she can learn from this and make the next experience better for her guests. Just very immature and unprofessional and it was quite sad and pathetic. I still wish her the best of luck..