Linda was a lovely host with a great house (and fabulous yard) on a quiet residential street, but within an easy walk to cool cafes and wonderful restaurants offering artisanal pizza, Asian fusion and the like. The neighborhood, Normal Heights, is interesting, creative, lively and convenient in every way. We wanted to go to the beach - we were there in less than 15 min. Balboa Park was probably 10 min away. We were 2 minutes from a big grocery store and 24-hour pharmacy. At one point, we needed a post office and started driving before GPS revealed we could have walked, as one was just a couple blocks away.

The house itself was comfortable as well as aesthetically pleasing. Linda has a great sense of style. As a host she was laid back but also very responsive and returned texts and answered questions promptly.

As first time Air B n B guests, we were surprised by a few things that perhaps we should not have assumed would automatically be provided. The house had good heating but no winter blankets, and we unfortunately experienced severely cold weather during our stay. We also did not have enough refrigerator space, and perhaps should have communicated this to the host earlier rather than at the end of our stay. We had a sticky front door lock throughout our stay that resulted in us getting locked out on our last day and greatly delayed our packing, cleanup and checkout. Linda felt terrible about all three and I have a feeling that had we communicated these problems earlier she would have immediately made amends. But truth be told, none was a deal breaker for us. Overall we had a really nice stay, Linda seemed like a really good, conscientious and trustworthy person and we would definitely stay there again.