I didn't get to meet Melinda, but she was communicative and friendly over the messaging system. The place was fine, I felt like I was visiting a friend and crashing at their place. The bathroom access is semi-private (follows the back of the first floor, with an outlet to the kitchen), so that was nice.

Nice touch of having a bottle of water and mint by the bed when I arrived.

I'd give 4 stars but had to give 3 due to the lack of mention of this place being right under the SD airport flight path. I'm a heavy sleeper, but the first plane at 6:25 am woke me right up - I thought we were being attacked by terrorists or something! I was able to try and snooze through a few planes but man, those things were loud. I ended up reading about "life under the flight path" in San Diego for a little while then woke up and then checked out. I suppose given the otherwise great location and reasonable price, it was worth staying here, but I would have appreciated a bigger heads-up as I was staying over for a wedding and would have like being able to sleep in.