The first thing we noticed about this place was the very disturbing smell: like an old musky building smell. We couldn't tell where it was coming from, but we got used to it after a while.
The place seemed clean, but it could use some updating. It makes a huge difference to have white sheets and clean white towels, rather than discolored old towels and it's not such a big investment.
Also, a shower caddy is just $1... a small detail, but when you see a very rusty one, it doesn't exactly look good.
I think you pretty much pay for the location in this case. It is very close to downtown. You can walk anywhere, but if you're going downtown, avoid walking under the bridge because there are a lot of homeless people sleeping there and it doesn't seem very safe.
If you use Uber, it costs around $7 to get pretty much anywhere downtown, to the Gas Lamp District, to the marina or to Little Italy for great Italian food.
The fact that the washer and dryer were outside and filthy turned out to be very inconvenient for us, so we didn't use them.
All in all we had a good time in San Diego but next time I will spring for something a little more updated and better maintained. This just had the feel of a cheap rental with the barebones minimal amount of thrift store furniture needed to call it an AirBnB. If you are looking for a place to sleep that is close to downtown, then this is convenient but don't expect to be blown away.