We booked this place because it’s very close to our favorite place in California, Redondo Beach, before any reviews were available. It’s a cute place, but has very old/cheap appliances (ie you can hear the dishwasher from both bedrooms and it does an ok job at cleaning dishes). We didn’t really use the hot tub because we were right on CA-1, and the traffic noise is pretty loud- even at night. The upstairs is also an Airbnb and the noise was also pretty bad. Luckily, the tenants were very nice and when we knocked on their door, they were very gracious when we brought up the jumping sounds we were hearing.
Unfortunately, we had 2 incidents of the hot tub service person and a gardener that showed up unannounced in the backyard, which startled us. In case anyone doesn’t know, hosts should notify you if someone is coming to service a property. We had no notice and were met with a lot of antagonism from our hosts who were rather unresponsive in the first place. It ended up being a big dramatic mess that required Airbnb to step in. We were refunded our stay, but I would have rather enjoyed the final 3 days of my vacation stress free. Airbnb reassures me that the hosts are more aware of safety protocols and of Airbnb’s terms of service. I wish we had stayed elsewhere, but I doubt future tenants will experience our stress.