First off, the home is absolutely a beautiful home. It was in a great location, the view was awesome, the Kitchen was excellent, and the jacuzzi was a cherry on top. Truly an amazing, and whoever stays there will have a great time... except you need to expect being watched on camera (apparently) and might be evicted given some unreasonable expectations:
1. They advertise the home as sleeping 8 people, but they should probably advertise 6 people or specify that this would be intended for a family or 2 with small children sharing all the beds. We had 8 adults in total, and we are all friends (only myself and my fiancee are a couple), and with only 4 beds, one of them being a twin bed + pull out, there are not enough to sleep all 8 comfortably. We had to bring an air mattress and some blankets to accommodate for this (and this was later cited as one of the main reasons we were evicted).
2. Their rules stipulate 'no smoking inside or outside the house.' We had a few friends with us with Prescriptions or Vape devices that, albeit respectful and upstanding citizens, smoked in the backyard. My fiancee and I were not awake when this apparently occurred, however it feels like (primarily the 'outside' part) a rule that most expect is more of a 'don't go crazy' type of guideline than a hard-and-fast rule that must not be broken. This was also cited as a reason we were evicted.
The morning of what would've been our 3rd night there, I received a call from the property manager saying that they had been watching us on the cameras and saw some of our party smoking outside as well as someone bringing an air mattress and blankets into the house. They also said we had an hour to vacate the property, or they would be sending the authorities. No warning, no discussion. Given the condition the house was left in (nothing damaged, spotless), and how we respected the integrity of it, the above (in my opinion) would commonly be something that would warrant an eviction... maybe a warning to stop the behavior as an initial course of action, but definitely not evicting guests. We rented the home to celebrate the confluence of our plans to be in Downtown San Diego for NYE, as well as my fiancee's birthday. This eviction on her birthday led to a justifiably unnecessary fire-drill that left a sour taste in our mouths. It doesn't feel right to me that they would keep our money for the additional night, since nothing in the house was damaged, and it was spotless.
That all being said, the house is beautiful, and we all enjoyed the time there (except for the morning of Jan 31st) while we had it. If the property manager/owner manages their expectations more realistically, and stops monitoring their guests on camera, this will be an excellent stay for guests in the future.