Al was a great host and very responsive to our needs. The location was beautiful, south Mission Beach was perfect for our family vacation, just a tad further away from the busy Belmont Park, therefore more quiet, but still walking distance to all of the fun. The bikes, boogie boards and additional beach chairs were all used and appreciated to have on hand. The water heater broke and Al was on top of it, had a plumber in and had it replaced by the end of the day. The only downfall, is the neighbor upstairs is a VERY early riser, and starts walking around the house about 5 a.m. daily, making it difficult to sleep in. This of course is no fault of Al's, and it may not bother you if you are also an early riser. We got used to it by the end of the week and slept a little better near the end of our trip, but it was rough the first few days. We would certainly rent from Al again in the future, but maybe to meet our own personal sleeping needs we would pick one of his other rentals without an upstairs neighbor :)