Our experience at this Pacific Beach residence is met with a mixed and somewhat disappointing review. Background: We rented this house with 2 other families, total of 6 adults and 6 kids (ages 4-7). We were required to pay an additional fee for each person and pay extra for the “guest area”.
The Good:
-Close to the beach, easily walkable
-Decent food options within walking distance
-Upstairs has a large common area to hang out in
The Bad:
-Noisey - Very noisy at night, right on main street/mission blvd
-Nothing like the pictures -Pics online are misleading, it’s more rundown inside, the couches aren’t matching, the extra beds are pull out sofas in the living room, which isn’t conducive to actual living/sleeping space
-The basement “guest area” – this add on that we paid for was incredibly disappointing. It has NO windows, NO overhead lights (lamps only), its doorway to the street is a glass business door with a sketchy metal see through door behind it. It was concerning enough that we didn’t feel comfortable having kids sleep down there. There was no door handle inside of the connecting room to the main unit and the kids actually got stuck at one point in the guest area and we had to let them out. In the event of a fire there would only be one exit, which was the deadbolted glass front door. It was dingy and creepy, especially for the additional cost.
-The Beds – uncomfortable; could certainly use mattress upgrades
-The neighbors: we received a complaint the first day when we were playing the alley way behind the townhome with our kids in the morning. It was 8 am and a neighbor complained to the management we were being too loud; so we weren’t allowed to make noise until after 10 am.
-Neighbor #2 – a lady came slamming on the front door (which opens directly to mission blvd) one evening demanding we open the door and move our car that she claimed was parked in her stall. After telling her I was not going to open the door for some random stranger I also let her know it was not our vehicle. Ours was parked in the garage per the rules provided.
Management: This was our most concerning interaction. We texted with him about our concerns with the basement guest area after we left (since we felt it was unsafe) and he became very upset and said if didn’t like it, we should have told him immediately so he could have rented it out to someone else instead! Even while we were renting upstairs with 6 small children!