Overall, this home served us well for our weekend in San Diego. Kevin was quick to answer on check in day with details for arriving to the house. We spent most of our time in La Jolla, and it was an easy drive to all of the weekend’s activities. We enjoyed being able to walk to The Grounds Bean Bar in the morning for some coffee!
I’m not generally one to complain, but a few things added up to negatively affect our stay. The house didn’t feel very clean from the moment we walked in. My friend’s feet turned black on the bottom after just a few minutes of walking around inside barefoot when she first arrived. When we opened the garage, it smelled as if there was a dead animal in there- the trash hadn’t been taken out by the previous guests, and all six large trash cans were full of trash. Walking in and out of the garage throughout the weekend was tough with the nasty smell that had developed in there. We came back to ants throughout the bunk bed room and crawling throughout one of our suitcases and clothes on night one, and before leaving, we noticed ants trailing from a spot in the dining area at the front of the house through to the kitchen sink area. The bathroom sink in the Jack and Jill bathroom was stopped up when we arrived and couldn’t be comfortably utilized between the four people sharing that bathroom. Lastly, one of us found a fake eyelash in the bedsheets that she had been sleeping in, but she never wore a set of fake eyelashes during our stay, leading us to feel that the sheets were dirty when we arrived.
While we enjoyed our time in San Diego, the cleanliness of the house was not up to the standard we’ve experienced at other airbnbs. When messaging the hosts about our experience at the end of the stay and stating we felt some sort of partial reimbursement would be appropriate (possibly the cleaning fee?), I could see the message was read but never got a response.
This Airbnb would drastically improve with a more thorough clean between guest stays.