The apartment is simply severely overpriced. This raises expectations, which, if, in turn, aren’t met, cause dissatisfaction. In our case, it was more like a 2-star hotel at 5-star prices.
To start, its location in downtown San Diego is filthy. The homeless population and the constant odor of urine and filth is penetrating and highly unappealing. The city is so poorly mismanaging the infrastructure. It’s uncomfortable for families with children to see this.
The apartment itself was mostly clean. But we have a large list of deficiencies…
- Noise: at one end of the apartment, the bed is right at the street. The windows were never replaced and still allow each and every sound in, all night long - screaming homeless, drunk revéleles, sirens, etc. At the other end of the apartment, the bed is by the front door and the walls are poorly insulated. So everyone walking past the front door and the neighbors and cleaners opening and closing doors is so loud. Unfortunately, we slept terribly throughout the entire trip.
One day, someone literally just opened our door and entered our apartment. When the person saw we were there, he left. Very concerning.
A lot of little things were broken or didn’t work. Owner’s responsiveness was slow.
Had the apartment it been so exorbitantly overpriced, our expectations would have been different and our resulting satisfaction potentially higher.