Definitely a particular host. The description claimed the apartment to be a short walk from the beach. Short in this case means 30-35 min on the main road in San Diego. The host required mouse-like silence at all times. For example: if the doors made any noise while opening or closing she deemed it "slamming the door" and would constantly remark on this; The walls are paper thin and your room is right next to hers, so if she hears anything in your room- shower, tossing in bed, or laughing she will say something. Continuing with this, your sense of privacy is erased. On more than one occasion she entered my room when I wasn't there. On top of this her apartment complex is not exactly thrilled that she is renting out one of her rooms so the neighbors are passive aggressive, and sometimes openly hostile towards you. She will ask you to lie and say that you aren't renting the room and that you are just "her friend". Lastly, the area you are staying isn't the safest. Homeless people were consistently posted up outside my window/ digging through our trashcans, and my bike was stolen even though it was chained up. Overall the stay was mediocre at best. I was on edge the whole time in fear of upsetting the host, I was further outside of pacific beach than expected, and the cost while at first seems cheap is not since it's just a room in a poor location.