Where to start lol —
Let’s start with the good: I LOVED this house. If you love art, this is the place for you. I felt so inspired from the moment I entered the property, I would describe this home as a magical hobbit home with little domes for different rooms (since everything is all separate). I love all the outside hangout areas, perfect for the pandemic, I loved sitting outside in the beautiful San Diego Sun while “staying at home” lol
Now the not so good: Check-in time was 4pm, I arrive around 5pm. The cleaning crew was still there (a mom and her son)...the host has a keypad on the main door but I could NOT find the actual keys to the bedrooms FOREVER. I texted the host & the house manager & no one replied. Eventually I called the host and she didn’t know where they were either. So then we had to call the cleaning crew and the son had to describe where the keys were. Overall this over an hour. Anyways. That was just the start. The jacuzzi seems a bit old and had a weird smell probably because it not used/maintained as well as it could be. THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THIS REVIEW: This house WAS COVERED IN SPIDERS & SCORPIONS. I wish I was exaggerating. The spiders I could somewhat ignore but I would wake up every morning with 5-10 new spider bites. The scorpions on the other hand were the last straw for me...after almost stepping on 4 scorpions, I texted the host alerting her to this problem (I think since the house was vacant for a month or two beforehand, the scorpions may have moved in then??) but when I informed the host, she was surprised which made me feel like she knew the house had scorpions in the past and did not disclose that information in her listing because I didn’t see a single review or detail that mentioned scorpions...anyways the host wanted to send some guy over to spray for scorpions during my stay but since it was the pandemic I didn’t want a strange man in the house with me alone & I didn’t want to be breathing in all those chemicals. Long story short, I asked the host for a refund because I wanted to leave early due to the scorpions invading (I booked this house for 2 weeks but after 5 days of being here I couldn’t handle all the spiders and scorpions so I wanted to leave early) The host refused to give me a refund. So I contacted Airbnb support. They did an investigation. I sent them photos and videos of all the spiders and scorpions around the property & they agreed that it was a safety issue & gave me my refund.
Overall I loved this house. I grew up on a farm & loved having space & outdoors. But when I booked this place I was not down for waking up covered in spider bites every morning & almost stepping on a scorpion IN THE SHOWER...
Hopefully the host sprays regularly for scorpions and takes care of this problem so no other guests have to experience when I went through...