First things first. EXCELLENT communications. Could NOT ask for a more responsive host regardless of when I sent a message, I typically had a response within 15-20 mins. Stand-up person with integrity who wants to do that right thing at all costs.
Eight of us stayed here for a quick trip to San Diego to watch my son graduate from the USMC boot camp. It was my first time using Airbnb and thought it'd be great to have a place for all of us to hang out when we weren't at the ceremonies. Read the reviews and thought it'd be the perfect place for us.
House was spacious enough for us and allowed us to roam around rather than being cooped up in multiple hotel rooms. Once thing I didn't notice, and that's my fault, there's no central AC in the house. While the outside temps were low 80's during the day, so was the inside of the house. There's a portable AC in the dining area but it couldn't keep up with the heat in the house. Each room has fans which can help circulate some air, but it's just moving hot air around. Keep that in mind as we seemed to have warm weather and high humidity during our stay.
Everything we used functioned properly. Didn't use the stove but used the portable AC, fridge, sink, bathrooms, etc. Floors are soft in some places and electrical plugs are a little scarce in some areas.
There was a homeless camp at the main intersection about 1/4 mile down the street from the house the day we showed up. While it wasn't there the second day, there was still quite a bit of stuff leftover from their stay.
We ran into issues with ants on our second day. On the counter getting into our food and then eventually in the bunk room on the walls, baseboards and into a couple of suitcases. Then we had a lizard run across the room under one of the beds. While the host offered to reimburse us for the food and any ant spray we bought, we just couldn't stay at that point.
House was clean for the most part when we got there. Bathroom in the front bedroom looked like the cleaners may have skipped over it. There was hair all over the floor and a few bugs crawling around in the shower.
Communications were excellent, check-in was flawless, check-out was just as easy. Overall it was not a great stay nor was it a great introduction to Airbnb. We ended up staying at a hotel for the second night but the host was amazing and reimbursed us for the 2nd night. I can't say enough about how great the host is and their communications.