While the interior of the apartment and furnishings are comfortable enough, several things detracted from our experience.
Although the location was perfect for our needs (we were attending a conference nearby), unfortunately the apartment is directly under the flight path of San Diego international airport. From 0630 to 0030, you hear every aircraft taking off, and it’s very loud. This was added to noise from the downstairs apartment, with loud arguing and a child crying and screaming—which is probably not be be helped, but sound transmission between apartments is an issue.
It’s ok that there is no dishwasher in this tiny kitchen, but there is not even a dish drying rack provided. Also, the microwave oven is atop the full-sized refrigerator... an accident waiting to happen.
The light in the stairwell entryway was inoperable. When we advised the host, he did not fix the problem. There were stains on the stairwell and living room carpets and on the sofa.
A parking space is provided in the back alley. But we found we couldn’t park there due to the incline, maybe fine for an SUV, but our standard compact sedan couldn’t clear it and scraped the undercarriage.
We were happy when our event ended early and we could depart, mainly due to the airplane noise.
Close to the beach, if you don’t mind the noise, this place is for you.
While the host was as communicative as one could hope for, we would certainly not return to this location.