Unfortunately, this was the worst and most uncomfortable Airbnb experience I have had to date. I will start with pros:
Location, easy check in, easy street parking... It stops there.
-Cons: Terribly uncomfortable mattress ( if you can call it that).. the bed was literally three thin, old, dirty, ratted foam mattresses put together. There wasn’t a fitted sheet on the bed, only a flat sheet and it kept pulling up and exposing how dirty, dingy and disgusting the bed actually was. I did not get a single night of quality sleep. If you rent out a property for Airbnb it should go without saying that people are looking for a quality night sleep and it’s common sense to invest in a decent bed and bedding.
-NOISE: Beware this is a lower unit and the upstairs unit is an airbnb as well. It sounded like there was an elephant stomping above us, You can hear EVERYTHING. The first morning I was woken up at 6:45 am by the guests upstairs. The next two nights were fine because guests had checked out, but last night was same as the first. You could hear everything from the new guest who had checked in.
-The curtain in the bedroom was a cheap paper shade which is only held up by paper clips that were dangling from the bottom. It’s also held up by blue tape. Again, I appreciate a dark room to sleep in and the see through paper shades were a joke.
-Dishes in the cupboard were dirty, coffee maker was dirty, I had to wash everything that I wanted to use. Other than two coffee cups and 2 large plastic cups there was no glassware. No wine glasses or anything to enjoy a proper drink.
-Toilet ran non stop, you could hear the pipes in the wall as they made constant loud banging sounds.
I addressed all of these concerns to James, and the only issue he addressed was the sheets on the bed and absolutely nothing else. Overall, I would say that the host was generally unconcerned and uninterested in the quality of our stay or the issues we experienced. Considering his entire business is based on providing travelers with a comfortable place to stay and a home away from home, you would think there would be more pride and concern shown. Unfortunately, that did not seem to be the case here. All of these issues were generally unacceptable in any form for an accommodation that you are renting and paying good money for whether its’s for vacation or business travel. It would have been decent and appreciated if the host offered a partial refund after we addressed all of these concerns with him and since our stay was truly horrible but of course he did not offer that. Honestly, spend your money elsewhere.. there are far more cute and comfortable airbnbs to be found in San Diego.