Immaculate and just as beautiful if not more so in person than the photos. It’s really an exceptional property. Amenities galore. The kitchen is stocked with lots of tools, pots/pans, spices, plates, glassware, barware, toaster, coffee pot, gas range, etc. And how nice to find freshly ground coffee from a local purveyor on the counter, plus a bottle of Prosecco in the fridge upon my arrival. That all said, I don’t think there was a microwave, or else it was very cleverly hidden. Made no difference to me, but might matter to some.
The bath, like others have mentioned, is simply beautiful with 5-star like toiletries, paper products, plush towels aplenty, and more. There was even a lint brush which I found very useful!
Tip: for those interested in turning on the LG flat screen TV — I couldn’t figure it out with just the Cisco remote — run your hand along below the bottom frame. In the center, you’ll feel a little “nub” that acts as both a joystick and a button. Push it to power up the TV, after which you may use the Cisco remote control for the cable TV functions. Below the TV on a shelf, is the Wifi router — an ASUS OnHub — which appears as a 10” tall cylinder. There’s also at least a couple LG Music Flow speakers that support Bluetooth. I managed to pair an iPhone with them and stream music through the speaker. Nice.
Each bungalow has its own separate street number (instead of having a suffix like #1, #2, etc.), and this unit (3802) is on the corner. This is a very busy corner; lots of street traffic particularly during the day. I had no troubles whatsoever sleeping at night, but light sleepers should take notice and plan accordingly, e.g. earplugs.
I had the good fortune to meet Donna, the owner, in person on the patio one afternoon, and she’s just as lovely as her property.
Would I stay here again? In a heartbeat, but likely only for the case that I did not rent a car, or only rented a car for a single day with no intention of parking near this property. Parking, especially at night, can be very challenging. Identifying on-street spots that aren’t blocking driveways or red-painted-curbs isn’t trivial unless, say, you’re accustom to that kind of thing. Some nearby streets have free parking, but as you can imagine they’re more elusive. Others employ metered parking (2 hour max, no feeding the meters) from 10am-8pm. Note the metered parking time was formerly 8am-6pm in Hillcrest, but that has since changed so as of 1/2018, it’s 10am-8pm.
The location of this property in the neighborhood makes it very walkable to tons of restaurants, bars, coffee shops, etc. It’s even an easy walk to Balboa Park. Between that and the availability of Lyft/Uber, it’s quite easy to skip renting a car unless you need to travel a lot, and to distant locations.