1bd/1ba - Perfect downtown location

Easy to walk and drive to restaurants, etc. In Santa Barbara. Great and comfortable bed with nice bathroom and shower. Fairly quiet accommodations with some atreet noise, but it was ok at night. Kitchen very nice. Host was well at communication. Front door needs a bit of work foreasier entey, bit no big seal.

What a lovely and relaxing place to stay! Centrally located but just off the main drag enough for it to be quiet. We found the apartment to be fully stocked for cooking or any other needs and the entire place was clean and comfortable.

Great property, great location, host very helpful and responsive. Had everything we were looking for.

In general the description of the property and the online photos were accurate. The host, Rachel was always available. It was the lack of information given that was the issue for me prior to booking. I did not know until 2-days prior after receiving location information from Vrbo that this was an upstairs unit and built on top of a garage on a very busy street. I contacted the host, Rachel and she has since added that this is "upstairs" to the description. I missed that the unit did not have AC (my bad). It happened that it was hotter than usual for the area and the temp reached 82 degrees in the unit almost every day for a week. The fans; one ceiling in main room and one portable in bedroom helped move air but you had to keep the windows open and there were no screens and this unit is on a busy street so the car noise was very unpleasant. I booked for 19-days and am a senior so the heat was difficult. The host said she was going to fix this situation after I left which of course made me feel "less than". I told her I couldn't take the heat and I was offered a very small refund to leave immediately. I still had 8-days that I have paid for so that was not a good deal for me. The place was very clean with one expection and Rachel took care of that right away. The seating was not comfortable, a tall table meant for eating at with chairs that were too low to be able to use it. There was a desk with a small wooden bench to sit on. I had work to do and Rachel had an office chair brought right over which was terrific. The "patio" was a plywood floor room with plants that were less than taken care of...not a place to hang out in at all. Directly below this patio was a small backyard space for another guest with a jacuzzi and when kids used it (there were several while I was there) it was noisy. The entrance door from the stair entrance to this patio did not lock. This space was highlighted in the description so it certainly did not meet my expectations. The ceiling in the bathroom was in need of repair, again I was told it was going to be fixed after I left..."less than" feeling again. The kitchen worked wonderfully. Very well equipped. The bed and towels were terrific. Bottom line, I learned a few things about what to look for and make sure I ask more questions.