We stayed for a week as two families (4 adults and 5 young kids). Alex’s place was clean, huge, and perfectly located to all the fun stuff in Balboa park! It’s also right around the corner from a grocery store and our favorite coffee spot (Communal). The only reason it’s not a five star is because of a few safety issues. The back porch stairs were rotted out so badly, it was not safe to be on the back deck or use the stairs. Also, several of the beds seems to be held up by a random pile of bricks or concrete blocks because the support beams were cracked, one of the doors downstairs to a room couldn’t close, and there was random yard equipment laying around in the backyard. We notified the host about all of these things, and he was consistently a great communicator, so hopefully those issues will be resolved quickly. There is no dishwasher or central ac, but the space heaters worked great for us. All told, we would stay again. The location is unbeatable!