I stayed at this nice place in San Diego (Ocean Beach) for a week. Doug is a great host with helpful food tips for the area and offers an accurate description of the place. The room is definitely quaint and cozy—especially the bathroom, which offers little room to change in. Doug offers clean towels and the place has an outdoor shower to help eliminate the amount of sand that gets trekked into the room.
We rented a car for our stay, and while no spot was provided, we had no problem finding parking on the street (although it was usually the last spot left—I guess we got lucky!). If you plan to have a car, it shouldn’t be too difficult securing a spot either.
The area is nice. At the end of the block is a flight of stairs leading to a beautiful area where rocks meet the Pacific Ocean. It was wonderful spending our evenings and morning here, especially to eat a meal by the water. However, to get to the pier and the beach, you have to walk a couple streets towards the downtown area, which has many food options, liquor stores, grocery markets, and souvenir shops. My favorite part was on Wednesday when the weekly street fair came in with many vendors—delicious!
My only complaint about the room was the windows. The room got very stuffy and hot, so we wanted to keep the windows open. The one behind the bed has a small area large enough for flies to crawl in, so we had quite the fly problem the first few days. The other window by the fridge, however, has no screen at all. This window is facing a small walkway, a fence, and another home, so I did not feel comfortable keeping it open at night or when we were gone. We kept the door open a lot in an attempt to get a breeze in, but at night it usually cooled down enough to where this wasn’t an issue.
Overall had a great stay with Doug and would love to visit again!