This place is amazing. Tony and Daniel are both very responsive and helpful. The AC was not working quite right one day, and Tony looked at it right away and had someone scheduled to come quickly. But remember, this is San Diego where the weather is perfect 360 days a year - so not having AC just meant opening the windows. The house is very well furnished - very nice quality in every room! And the beds were very comfortable (no old saggy motel beds here!) The dishes were nice sets, and the coffee mugs were amazing - I will be looking to buy those for my house. a full array of Pots and Pans of very good quality (I think maybe All-Clad?) and to our surprise, there was an All Clad griddle that I cooked meat on in the oven (no outside grill is available). The house is on the edge of a canyon - there are no neighbors behind and no one close on either side. The decks were our favorite place to have morning coffee or hang out in the evening. I saw someone was concerned with spiders and leaves - as noted, these are on the top of a canyon surrounded by trees. It is beautiful, and the spiders agree. Spider webs were dispatched quickly with a small towel or broom and I never had one of the nasty little critter on me. The fire pit is very pretty and makes for a nice relaxing evening after a day at the zoo - and speaking of the zoo - San Diego has one of the best zoos there is, and it is a 15 minutes walk from the house! You almost can't park any closer :) It is very walkable, we found a cute breakfast spot, Sunnyboy's Biscuits, just a little more than 1/4 mile away - it was about a 7 minute walk for us.
There were 9 people in our group, out in San Diego for a wedding - everyone had their own space (there are 4 bedrooms) including one room with a bunk bed (queen size on bottom, full size up top) - the kitchen was large and has spices, oils, and has most utensils that anyone could need. Oh - and there is a NINE seat theater with a 100" (yes, I said 100 inch!) screen. We watched a lot of movies and shows in there! It was one of the favorite places for the younger people in our group. Wi-Fi was very good, I was able to work several days there with no connection issues either.
This house was more per night than a lot of others we looked at, and I like value for my hard earned money - I knew the location was great, and it had room for our entire group - but what I did not realize until we checked in is how beautiful the house is, what a great relaxing environment Daniel and Tony have created and how comfortable we were for the entire week we were there. Others were in town for the wedding and at the Rehearsal Dinner many were exchanging horror stories of what was wrong at the house the rented. I was so grateful that we booked where we did. I had nothing to add to that conversation - except to make everyone jealous about the place we had, and how well it was stocked - from kitchen, to furnishing to towels and bedding.
We will definitely look to see if this is available on a future trip to San Diego. My husband is already thinking ahead to next year.....