I have never complained about an Air b and b house or any other home we've rented, but there are concerns with this one that, frankly, I'm surprised weren't mentioned before.
For one, the home does not look - in size or style - a lot like the photos. Air B and B has told the owner to upload different photos, based on the ones I sent. The family room is not as big as the photos show or as bright or cheerful - probably because one of the windows holds the tubing for the Air Conditioning unit and is half covered in cardboard.
The kitchen is the smallest kitchen I have ever been in - again not reflected in the photos, which make it look bright and cheerful, blue and yellow. The new black fridge (different than photos) is very large, and you literally cannot put two people side by side between the fridge and the sink. This might not be a problem for some - it was for us as we were cooking. There is no dishwasher - this was probably listed, I just assumed the house would have one. I have told Mary Elena to toss several of the pans as they are unusable and unsafe - the Teflon is super chipped and scratched.
The shower doesn't work. You'll have cool water or scalding water, moving the handle doesn't seem to fix the problem. You need to be VERY careful not to put a child or elderly person in that shower until you have gotten the water temperature stabilized. The hot water will come out unexpectedly and it will be several minutes before it will go back down to the cool temperature. It definitely needs to be replaced. The bathroom was also not as large as the photos suggest, but it's fine.
Two of the windows in the bedrooms are hard to open as the latch is behind the bed frames but you can reach back and do it. The windows are original to the 70 year old home - you can tell by the very thinness of the glass, the rot, and the framing. One of the panes in the front room has green tape over a crack - not reflected in photos. When I unlatched the window in the master bedroom, the pane next to it cracked.
There are two more cracked windows in the home - both in the kitchen. They are not large cracks at all, but something to be aware of. We couldn't see one of them at first as the window is covered with a broken blind that won't pull up. Bottom line - be VERY CAREFUL when you unlatch the windows. The panes are super thin and could fall out and shatter.
However, the most concerning part is the AC unit. We knew the house did not have air conditioning, but we were not too concerned. We were there last week - in August, the temp was only in low 80's, we thought we would be fine. Not quite true, the house gets hot. The AC unit ONLY cools the family room, despite what the owner tried to convince me of. The kitchen and bath get hot, and the back bedrooms, even with fans, are also hot. Visiting this home in August may not be the best idea - go when it's cooler.
We plugged the grill in, added pellets, we have a Traegar, too, and it wouldn't light. The dryer will work well if you set it to where the silver duct tape is, the other settings don't blow hot air.
I told the host of my concerns and she told me I had an "agenda." As in, I was lying to get money back. This is not true. My agenda was to have a good vacation with my family in a house that looked reasonably like the photos and reflected accurately the size - as the other homes we've rented have been. I paid a lot for this house - $2400 for five nights, and I asked for a discount, given the above, and she gave me $100 and is pretty unhappy with me. The cost is not worth it.
The location is great, the beds are comfortable, the backyard is super for kids, the beach and the town are walkable. It's a safe neighborhood, we had a lot of fun visiting La Jolla and San Diego. My guess is that the owner is a very nice person, but there are things that need to be addressed in the home.