House of Trestles

This place is a hostel and comes with the typical hostel issues plus some California "bonuses." Our room was decent and had working a/c. Everything was old and pretty rundown, but we expected that. The problem was the random (homeless?) guy wandering the hallways, getting high on the couches outside our room and sleeping there. I think maybe he worked there and lived on the couches because he was walking around high or crashed out in plain view 24 hours a day. He was seriously creepy. The kitchen is communal and pretty well stocked for cooking. No complaints there. Parking is a real pain. It's on a busy main street and it's hard to find a spot. We checked out after two nights because I had a feeling the strange, wandering man had keys to all the rooms since he appeared to work there. Also, He got high outside of our room and left his bong on the table for my kids to see. The hotel said they'd refund my money that I'd prepaid for the next night but they never did. I called and emailed them several time and no result. No one was on staff anywhere in this place unless it was the wandering guy who was in charge.

Ok starting off with fire hazard the light switch in the bathroom is hanging off the wall in the Trestles suite. Now for the rest. The A/C unit is leaking crazy amounts of water onto the floor, there are holes in the walls, TV remote is broken and I am lucky to have the app on my phone so I can use it. There cicadas all over this place, all the sliding doors are busted here, fridge light does not work, it claims to be walking distance to the beach which it may be but you have to cross over the freeway for that, no parking other than street. Do not waste your money here