I've waited a couple of days to gather my thoughts before writing a review... After much thought, I give it a 3 star rating and that's being generous based on how much I liked the home itself. My son and I took a quick trip to San Diego for Labor Day weekend. This place was our second choice and we booked it because the first was booked just seconds before I got my payment info entered into the system. In hindsight, I should not have and opted to spend a little extra to stay somewhere else. Don't get me wrong... The house is lovely! The yard is magical! The location is ideal. The home is filled with items that I keep in my home (singing bowl, sage, palo santo wood, yoga books, Buddah statues, ect) which made it feel even more homey. I expected to really feel comfortable here. We were allowed an early check-in as well, which was much appreciated as our flight arrived a few hours before the actually check-in. All these positives but it saddens me that I didn't enjoy this place as much as I'd hoped I would and had it not been a holiday weekend with everything booked out we would have left. However, the host.... while very pleasant, was a hot mess; I don't know how else to say that. Perhaps if I weren't traveling with my child this wouldn't have bothered me so much. I notified her on the day of my booking that I would be traveling with just my son. We exchanged some conversation regarding her concerns of booking with children and after seeing her home, I can absolutely understand her reservations. Old homes, free range turtles in the yard, parrots, a puppy and her amazing artwork make for a recipe for disaster if children are left unsupervised or are just plain naughty. However, my first encounter with her was when she and her boyfriend came stumbling into the living room completely plastered about 10-11pm-ish while my son and I were quietly watching a movie to wind down for the evening. The following morning I was left to clean their mess of beer bottles from the living room. Later that afternoon after we returned from our whale watching trip we found the home (door and windows) wide open, music BLARING and the host passed out face-down in her room with the door wide open and her ass hanging out.... We quickly changed and left to go to the beach for the afternoon and happily returned to find she had left but when she returned, she was again pretty loaded. The only sober conversation we had with her was maybe the 10 minutes we saw here in the mornings after she just woke up. Do not get me started on that adorable puppy. DO NOT LET HER IN THE ROOM YOU'RE STAYING IN!!! I fear she has a severe case of fleas. Or at least I hope that's what it is. I...