The Good:
- Management felt professional, orderly, and kind, which was all quite welcome.
- We made good use of the concierge service and it made life easier for us as a family.
- The location was solid, some good access to Mission/Mission Beach and reasonable drives to La Jolla, San Diego Zoo, and other attractions.
The Bad:
- This property is not as nice as the pictures convey. The blinds are dirty, the glass windows are either old or dirty, the carpet is very worn and torn near the kitchen, the downstairs toilet seat was misaligned, the outside entertaining area is rusty/scaled, the front door doesn't entirely close at the top of the door, and the downstairs gets very cold at night.
- The pool is very expensive to heat ($100/day) and it didn't seem to get to 86 degrees. It hovered around 84 degrees.
- The garage has a support beam in the center. We couldn't park our SUV inside either of the two spaces and open the driver or passenger side door.
- Lastly, the bay side of this house was not useable as a beach while staying. This was not communicated to us and was a big part of the appeal in addition to the Pacific side. There was a large trench (maybe to protect the homes from recent storms?) in place and it was more like a sand road for sanitation crews, etc.
- There is no key pad giving entry to the most obvious door of entry in the side parking area. Every time we came home we either had to walk around the entire property or through the garage.
- Overall, this place feels like it was renovated 10-15 years ago and has really been through that much in renters.