We arrived late in the day, 7:30. At first blush, everything looked clean. The home has loads of space for a family of 7 (grandma, grandpa, daughter, son-in-law, 3 granddaughters). Southern California was in the middle of a bad heat wave & the house was really hot. We quickly went to every room & opened up the windows and turned the ceiling fans on. Still very hot. The home is very close to the beach but it is on a hill so there is a climb back if anyone has mobility issues. The block it is on is jam packed with apartments & multiple homes in one property. This home has 4 units for rent, A, B, C, & D. We arrived on a Friday night. Lots of people out on the street, cars, motorcycles & parties on the weekend. We had to have the windows open to let the breeze in with the blinds open as well which have us no respite from the noise. It is also a very heanily lit street at night so with everything open, the rooms aren’t dark. I had emailed the management company, Vacasa & inquired about fans because of the heat & was told there were lots in the house. There were ceiling fans in the living room & 3 bedrooms plus one floor fan. I emailed Vacasa & they were really awesome about getting fans brought to the home the day after our arrival. A big shout out to Christy who dropped one off within the hour & bought 2 more, later. We tried to cook dinner that night, the kitchen was stifling. Our daughter & family had trouble sleeping upstairs with the heat.
No BBQ. 2 days later, Christy is assembling a BBQ on the side of the house. She was awesome. Sadly, the house remained awfully hot & noisy. Lots of coffee shops around & restaurants.. The home is older. The pictures make it look fresh and modern. It is not. The kitchen is in good shape but the rest of the furniture is worn & could use a good cleaning. The carpets too. Lots of glass in the home on the table tops & no glass cleaner. No plastic in the kitchen to store anything, no dish clothes for washing & cleaning up. 1 small travel size dish soap for a 10 day, 7 people booking. Ran out of TP & had to buy some. Bought food storage containers, dish clothes & a couple of tea towels. When I emailed Vacasa that the house was short on these items, I was told it wasn’t their responsibility to provide the amenities beyond the first couple of days. Our price per night certainly didn’t reflect a discount for lack of that. We wouldn’t come back to this home. Love San Clemente but not that house.