Michael's house was wonderful and cozy. Our bed was amazingly soft, which is important if you spend all day running around at the zoo. Michael was very communicative before our stay, and we felt prepared for our first airbnb stay when we showed up. The house was close enough to the zoo, downtown, and wharf for us to just walk to each (although we do like walking), and Little Italy is just down the hill and has a wonderful array of delicious restaurants. There are two things that were not apparent from the listing that didn't bother us but may be of interest to others: the house is right under a landing corridor for the San Diego airport. You get planes flying right over the house from about 6 am to 10 pm. We were walking around everyday of our visit, so nothing could have kept us awake because we were so tuckered out. Secondly, we weren't aware that we were staying in a room with access to a community bathroom. So if that's going to be a problem for you, I would ask directly if you're getting one of the rooms with a private bath.