We always go to Mission Beach every summer for a big family trip. Our family rents about 6 beach houses. We decided to go last minute, and we were fortunate to find Brian's home available. It is a cozy bachelor pad, with all the furnishings to make one feel comfortable. The dutch door was a nice touch. It is great that he provides towels, beach chairs and the Keurig is awesome. The quarters are definitely cozy. Only one person can walk through the living room at a time, and the shower is extremely small, but functional. The place has a lot of charm though. He had bikes available for rent, but we brought our own. He also had a space available through a friend, but we lucked out and got the spot directly in front of his house. We never used our truck so that worked out well for us.

The location is great, its in the middle of Mission Beach and Pacific Beach. It's in walking distance to many restaurants, shopping and nightlife. It is also right by the beach. You can't beat that.

The only negative was that one night two of the surrounding homes were so noisy we weren't able to sleep all night. The neighbors across the street were partying on the street, and were quite loud. We politely asked them to be quiet, and they were for a few minutes, but then they went back to being very loud. When they finally quieted down, the neighbors next door started playing very loud music. So we couldn't sleep at all. But we messaged Brian in the morning and he reached out to them and we never had anymore problems. We appreciated him taking care of that. He was very responsive and helpful.

He has dishes and pans to cook with, but there is only one small TV tray to eat on, so it isn't really possible for two people to eat there. We had to eat out or picnic somewhere for every meal, or take turns eating. It wasn't the end of the world, but something we worked around.

All in all, he does a great job of providing comfortable quarters for a vacation rental. Our house was definitely a lot smaller than anyone else had rented in our family, but it worked well enough for us.