The rooftop terrace is absolutely to die for! The furniture on the terrace is decent and cute--we loved hanging out there for breakfast and at sunset, watching the surfers! The location was great--half a block to the beach can't be beat! A fair number of decent restaurants (with nice heated outdoor eating areas) are within walking distance.
Loved the location and the rooftop terrace, but this review wouldn't be fair if I didn't mention some of the issues that we encountered. First, when we arrived, the condo reeked of natural gas. We were able to pinpoint it to the stove. We opened up all the windows and doors and kept the windows opened overnight (and froze because we didn't feel comfortable turning on gas furnace). I did go through the airbnb app and left a message as well as an emergency text. Got a text back 4 hours later noting that there had been an issue over the summer but should be fine now. Owner came by the next day while we were out and pulled out the stove checked himself, couldn't find anyting. Process of pulling out and checking seemed to have helped the problem but anytime the place was closed up for a few hours the smell came back. As the owner didn't blow himself up, we felt comfortable using the furnace and stove after that.
Communication was mixed. We did get a request for owner and appraiser to come by between 10-11am the next day for 5 minutes. As my daughter's boyfriend and I had work calls between 10-12, I asked if they could not do it then. They showed up anyway. On the other hand, I blew the electrical circuit with the microwave on it and Dominic very quickly walked me through where the breakers were. Not sure if it was related but the electricity on the whole block then went out for a bit and came back up.
One weird thing about the layout is that the master suite has two doors to common area--one into the living room which has a door in between, one into the kitchen which has no door.
As much as we loved the location and the rooftop view, there were a number of small things that would really help make the stay more comfortable including:
1) no light at all in small bedroom (we moved one of only two lamps from living room to compensate)
2) lighting in living room inadequate (even with light we moved)
3) outer shower curtain in small bathroom was moldy and needed to be replaced.
4) light bulb out in small bathroom
5) dust on windowsills, some debris visible that wasn't vacuumed
6) pillows really need to be replaced in both bedrooms (beds were relatively comfortable though)
7) microwave so worn/rusted that it was a little scary to use
8) darling little solar powered lamps on rooftop terrace were broken.
General feel is a little run-down. Appliances/flooring everything pretty dated and not pristinely clean. Some of the touches that could be really nice have been neglected--darling lights on the balcony on the living level have line cut/many bulbs out, for example.
On the whole I wouldn't return at these rates for the condition it was currently in, but many of the issues are easily addressed and Dominic was generally responsive.