NO PRIVACY
We really appreciated your communication but the rental itself could use a lot of work. No privacy was our biggest concern. The rental is covered in windows yet none of the curtains provided privacy. Most of the curtain panels were too small for the window sizes. Some of the curtains were see-through, especially at night when you had the lights on. We went outside our rental at night and could see into literally every single window (so creepy to think about). It was so unsettling and made it hard to relax. You can see into the living, kitchen, bedroom, and even the bathroom! The next-door neighbors were right outside our living room window the entire day shaving their hedges one of the days. They live so close that it honestly felt like they were in the unit with us. No privacy in the bedroom or bathroom either.
BATHROOM
The bathroom was honestly the worst part, it had a super gross moldy smell to it and we had to leave the window open our entire stay but of course, that meant even less privacy when showering (unless you want to shower in straight-up moldy grossness). The hot faucet to the shower would not turn completely off so we had extremely piping hot water dripping the entire stay. My boyfriend is pretty strong, he used all his power to shut it off but it wouldn't budge.
BEDROOM
I hated the bedroom, super squeaky mattress, the door slammed against the bedframe every time you enter the room. There is an open closet that was just SO unsettling, it felt so creepy and looked like something from a haunted house. I couldn't sleep well on both nights between the creepy closet, neighbors being right outside my window, police sirens all night, freeway & city noises, and the constant drizzling water from the bathroom faucet. Coming from someone who can usually sleep through anything, this was a nightmare!
AREA
The location wasn't the best but I get it, it's right by Gaslamp. I hated how close it was to the freeway, speeding cars passed by all day and night. It didn't seem like a very safe area either, police sirens were constant. We even witness a police car chase within the first hour of arriving, no joke.
PARKING
The parking lot is in a public parking lot, across the street. We often saw druggies in the parking lot doing sketching things by our car. I hated it too because you either had to walk all the way down and up the street with your luggage in order to legally and safely get to your unit, otherwise you had to j-walk to cross the street on a very busy road where cars speed a lot.
CHECKOUT
On the last day I was just so ready to go home but we were running a little late, due to lack of sleep. I asked him if we could do a 30-60 min late checkout and he said no because the maids will be here strictly at 11am. Well maybe they should change that schedule because there is no room for error there. Regardless, we rushed to pack everything up and get out on time. However, we noticed the maids never showed up at 11. We hung out outside our unit for a bit to ride those rental scooters and they never even showed up for an hour that we were outside, so I felt lied to and annoyed that I rushed so much.
CLEANLINESS
The unit wasn't very clean either, when we showed up there was a sticker in the middle of our bedroom wall from the last tenant and the sheets were all completely wrinkled like someone just slept in them the night before. Luckily, we brought our own sheets because that was disgusting!! At the end of our stay, the owner asked us to tear down our sheets and towels and put them by the door for the maids. I thought that was so weirdly unprofessional. You shouldn't be cleaning your own sheets when you pay a huge cleaning fee. And this confused me even more as to why our sheets were never washed. Does that mean the last person had them on the floor and the maid just put them back onto the bed without washing them? So gross!
KITCHEN
The kitchen had a fridge, stove, microwave, toasters, and coffee maker. But for some reason, the owner decided to lock all the cabinets so there was nowhere to put our food. It was all spread out on the counter with barely any room to spare.
OTHER
-You have to memorize 2 gate codes, the front gate code and then your front door code. and have a key. The key does not want to work so every time it was a hassle if we needed to go anywhere. The front door lock was super sketchy, it was wobbly like it was going to far apart any second. Made me feel unsafe too, like someone could easily break in.
-The Wi-Fi went out constantly. It even showed up on my phone as a warning saying it was "not secure" which I have never even seen before. We ended up using our cell data the whole time.
-The unit also lacked tablespace. No table in the kitchen or in the bedroom or in front of the couch. We had to leave most of our luggage on the only small table in the living room and some on the floor because of it.
-They only provide one A/C unit in the bedroom and it sucked! You had to stand directly in front of it to feel anything but it wasn’t strong enough to actually cool down the room on a hot day. We were sweating!
CONCLUSION
I really hate doing bad reviews but it was such a damper on our trip to stay here. We tried to make the best of it but it was too much