TLDR:
We couldn't enjoy our Christmas vacation because the host didn't respect our privacy, refused to let us use the house heater during a rainstorm, and then accused us of stealing her cat on Christmas day. I will never book here again, but it might be fine for some.
Negatives:
The description says that "another tenant" lives behind the unit, but actually the host herself lives there. She gardened right outside our windows throughout our stay, and since the living room and kitchen had no curtains we had very little privacy. She also messaged us almost every day for various reasons, which really kept us from relaxing on our vacation. For example, on the second day my boyfriend took a shower and I immediately received a message from the host instructing us to turn off the bathroom fan because it was too loud in her unit.
The host didn't allow us to use the heater in the house, but still insisted that we keep a window open day/night for her cat. I know San Diego is usually warm, but we were there over Christmas during a freak week-long storm so it was very cold (40-45 degrees in the evenings and mornings). We closed the window due to cold, but the house was still freezing and we couldn't find the thermostat. I messaged the host but she refused to let us turn on the heater. After complaining about the cold she did finally gave us a tiny space heater on the second day, but then we had to huddle around that for the whole trip any time we were in the house. More like camping than a relaxing vacation.
On the topic of the window for the cat, DO NOT book this place if you want to play with the host's cat. The cat normally lives in the airbnb unit, so it screams at all hours if you don't let it in. Since we closed the window that it could use to access the unit on it's own, we just let it in/out the front door when it wanted and made sure it was outside when we left or went to sleep. On average we let it in for 30 minutes in the mornings and an hour or two at night after 9pm. But then on Christmas day I got an angry message from the host accusing us of locking the cat in and purposely keeping her cat from her, and insisting that we leave our window open again (during a storm) so that the cat could leave our unit and spend more time with her. The house was too cold, so instead we just stopped letting the cat in. But then we had no peace and quiet at all for the rest of the trip, because any time we were home the cat would sit by the door or window and loudly scream at us for hours on end.
Positives:
This place is very clean and in a good location.