We stayed in this unit for 10 days, and have some mixed feelings on it.
Pros:
The location is great. Very nice beach just a couple blocks away. Many restaurants near by. It was more affordable than others in the area. Beach stuff available for use.
Cons:
Parking. There is paid parking available in the building, however.... There are 10 floors of around 4 units per floor, just in this tower, and there are around 10 parking spaces. We were never able to get a space there. The drive is also super steep and bottomed out our standard sedan every time we tried.. Chris suggested 3 other neighboring hotels. All of them told us they only offer parking for guests currently. After spending literally hours every day looking for parking, Chris suggested parking at the zoo, which is a 20 minute walk away. While it was free, and easier to find a space, it was not what was advertised in the listing and we would have preferred to pay more at a hotel with guaranteed parking available rather than hauling all our stuff to and from the car every day.
Cleanliness. Every dish we picked up to use was dirty- coated in dust and grease. Tables hadn't been wiped off after previous guests. The mattress for the fold out bed was very stained and dirty. When I brought that to Chris' attention, he did provide a mattress cover at least.
Cooking. There is a hot plate, toaster, and microwave. Microwave open button was broken, so it takes 2 hands to pry it open to use. There was no frying pan, and no spices or anything, including salt and pepper.
Space and comfort. While it is possible to fit 3 people to sleep, I do NOT recommend it. It may have been better suited for 2, as there is zero space to stand or walk if you put the fold out bed down, and it practically touches the other bed. Both beds were very uncomfortable, and the fold out creaks like no other, keeping the other sleepers awake with any movement.
The listing also advertised free breakfast at the convenience store. When we went in to get it, the woman working said they haven't offered that in YEARS. I brought this to Chris' attention, and at first he told me I must have seen outdated information somewhere else, because that wasn't in the listing. After sending a screenshot of the current listing, he did agree to give us a small refund, though it didn't make up for having to now buy breakfast daily for 3 people over 10 days.
Overall, we were very disappointed in this listing.Chris made some efforts at remedying a few situations, but it felt like a low priority and like he was out of touch with the current environment of the unit and surrounding factors. The advertised features do not match reality.
We would not stay again.