One of the hardest reviews I will probably have to write for one of my Airbnb’s. For starters, I just want to say how amazing Airbnb and my host where about the whole situation that happened during my stay at Trevor and Heidi’s apartment.
I’ll start off by saying that driving up to the apartment, the neighborhood seemed quiet and safe. Loved how close and convenient it was to restaurants and how easy it was to drive or Uber to any of the San Diego hot spots. The place itself is behind/attached to one of the restaurants in the Main Street, but you do have reserved parking right in front of the place. Trevor and Heidis apartment was extremely clean and I loved the modern details to the apartment. I like to cook a lot during my vacations, so having a full kitchen made that easy for me and if you’re a light packer, as I try to be, the in unit washer and dryer made it simple for me to wash some of my clothes.
Unfortunately, on the first night that I was there, I was woke up to a drunk man yelling down the block at about 3 am. Make story short, the man made his way to my Airbnb apartment and proceeded to try and open the door and break the door in, all while yelling “Let Me In!” Luckily, the door had been locked and I had placed the Door Guard Latch on that night, I of course called the cops immediately and they where there within less than 10 min. The guy was still trying to break in when the cops arrived, but was quickly arrested and taken into custody. According to the San Diego police Dept, the guy was not homeless, but was severely drunk and on some sort of drug.
I did get the chance to ask the San Diego Police Dept if they had any incidents in this area and they said the had they had the normal calls, but nothing like what I had experience that night. I also got a chance to speak to some of the neighbors that afternoon and they also agreed that they had never really had any issues in that neighborhood.
Airbnb was super quick to respond to my safety concern and Heidi reached out as soon as she woke up that morning. They both gave me the option to be able to move to a different location without being penalized, but decided to stay as I knew this was something that was out of their control and was unfortunately one of those situations, where you just seem to be at the wrong place, at the wrong time; My stay after that night was quiet and without any disturbances. Heidi and her husband made sure to check up on me everyday and I’m truly thankful for that.