Mario was a great host. He communicated extremely well, responded to messages quickly and offered to go out of his way to solve the issues we ran into during our stay.

The house itself was nice. Pictures were accurate. Really liked the large shower with overhead rain.

I know the listing says it can fit a lot of people, but with only one small bathroom, I wouldn't recommend more than 3 people. Perhaps 4-5 if a family.

Location was convenient for a quick trip surrounding a convention. There's an Albertson's an block away for easy access to food and essentials. And an awesome coffee shop overlooking a small park (Halcyon) that was great for breakfast/brunch and wifi. Convention center is a short $6-7 uber/cab ride or a nice 15 minute walk through the historic and trendy Gaslamp Quarter.

The neighborhood immediately surrounding the house is "in transition." Newer looking condo buildings are being expanded or built all around. Walking around, we saw a lot of hipsters, and also a fair number of homeless people. I didn't feel unsafe during our stay, but my female coworkers (who aren't as used to large urban cities) were less comfortable, especially at night.

We ran into three issues on our stay:
- The wifi in the house cut out and wouldn't come back on, even after multliple router restarts; this put a wrinkle in our plans to use the house as home base between meetings or events. But we found Halcyon, so it worked out.
- The cleaning company did an ok job, but not great. In particular, they missed that prior guests had spilled something (beer? margaritas?) in the fridge. The smell was evident as soon as we walked in the house. When we notified Mario, he responded almost immediately and offered to send the cleaners back same day, which was great.
- One of our team members complained of some street noise in the forward bedroom waking her up. The other two of us didn't hear it at all and slept well further back in the other two rooms.
- We couldn't figure out how to work the A/C. We actually weren't sure if there was A/C. There were some units on the walls, but they may have been heaters? Haven't ever seen units quite like these before. Instructions on those in the future would help. :)

On the whole, it was a good trip and we'd likely go back if needed. Just wanted to give as complete a picture as possible for future guests.