The lokation is great and it is a good base for exploring La Jolla and San Diego. The beach is in walking distance, but not close. The bedrooms are nice and clean ans the rest of the cottage, and it was easy to sleep there two adults and two kids/teenagers. The amount of knick knack in the rest of the cottage makes it hard to use, but there is a useable outdoors area where you can easily eat four persons. We didn't see the host at all, but they have a really easy self check in system.