The second star is for the balcony and view. For what you're getting, this very small apartment is ridiculously overpriced. I was there for Memorial Day weekend, but that's still no excuse to gouge - especially in a place like Avila Beach. In this case, the pictures are much more attractive than the real deal. The bedrooms/bathrooms are the equivalent of a standard motel room, with sheets that had an overpowering and unpleasant flowery smell (the same can be said for the plug-in air freshener) and a slippery tub that didn't have a bathmat. The kitchen is dated and shabby, with a gas stove that needed a stick lighter to work...nothing was mentioned about that. When I tried to use it the next day, the gas wouldn't come on. Flooring is tacky, the wall heater takes forever to come on, and you'll need some muscle to get the deadbolt to work from the outside. It's 'stocked' with the bare minimum...everything about this place felt cheap. Very disappointed.