Linda and her husband were the nicest hosts. They were flexible with check-in/check-out times and were there to greet us upon arriving and leaving. The apartment is small and cozy. and it is an older apartment but it was clean. It is in a downtown area close to all the restaurants, bars, farmers market. You do need to uber/lyft or rent a car (or find public transportation) if you want to go to the beach, La Jolla, Del Mar, etc. But luckily the unit comes with a parking spot which came in handy for our rental car. The unit can get noisy if you leave windows open but this is typical of any downtown area. Overall we really enjoyed our stay!