Overall, a really great stay - San Diego is beautiful, the weather is perfect, and this property offers a direct path to the beach w an exquisitely heated pool.
While I greatly enjoyed my stay, the property description should have included the following information:
- the layout is totally odd. There are these two creepy narrow hallways to get to the kids room. If you have young kids, which I do, it was somewhat uncomfortable to have them so far away from any other room and too far to hear if they called out.
- it was really difficult to find the house. There are no numbers indicating an address and the posting fails to mention that this property is behind another house. You have to drive down a narrow driveway (belonging to the other house) to access the property. The driveway is so narrow that I had to fold in both side mirrors on the car. There is a fence that is damaged and falling over because so many have had issues getting in and out. I spoke to the guy in the front house (the owners friend since the owner owns both houses) and he shared that “every tenant has trouble finding the house and getting into the driveway”. This, of course, was omitted from the posting which seems purposeful/disingenuous.
- the pool and the hot tub cannot heat simultaneously. Therefore, if you opt to heat the pool, the hot tub becomes cold. Said another way, you cannot be in both the hot tub and pool and the same time.
- there are several “quirks” associated w the house: the deck door gets caught on the ground when opening (every time), none of the words on the dishwasher are legible, the downstairs door only locks a certain way, etc.

I’ve been blessed to stay in many Airbnb properties — ones where owners have put endless effort into the meticulous details of their homes and others that were cheaply flipped to list as rentals. This is the latter. Perfect for a bachelor party or for college kids trying to fit as many people into the rooms as possible. This is not a luxurious property with quality finishes. The method hand soaps containers are filled with fake method hand soap and water. The paper towels and toilet paper are rationed so that you have to go buy them on your own. I texted the property manager for toilet paper after 2 days and he came and left a few toilet paper rolls on the ground in the driveway. The family staying in the front house is a friend of the owners and they block the driveway when there isn’t parking available on the street. They also have a dog they keep off leash so while getting in and out of the narrow driveway, you have to make sure to also not hit their dog.
Nothing huge… just a lot of little careless details that do not justify a $1000/night stay. Great location though. And great heated pool (but only if you don’t want a heated hot tub).