Rita's abode is a gorgeous, clean home in an excellent location (quiet, residential neighborhood close to Melrose Avenue and Hollywood boulevard - perfect for LA tourists). The room is comfortable and has ample space and amenities. Rita herself is a delightful host and my husband and I really enjoyed our stay with her. She ensured a smooth check-in and check-out and gave us some wonderful suggestions for touring LA. Rita maintained continuous communication and gave a detailed guest book for DOs and DON'Ts while staying at her place, which ensured a very pleasant stay. We look forward to staying with Rita again :)
A few suggestions/recommendations we have shared with her are:
1) The listing describes the bathroom as "ensuite" but does not mention that there is no door separating the bathroom from the bedroom, which makes it difficult to use when two people are sharing the room (essentially, one person needs to step out of the room while the other is using the bathroom for privacy). Our suggestion would be to inform guests travelling in pairs of this before they book
2) The listing describes the parking available as "free parking on premises", which is slightly misleading since the parking is on the street. We had a small misfortune of paying a parking ticket because the street cleaning signs are placed on the ends of the street and were not visible where we had parked our car. Our suggestion would be to inform guests about the street cleaning days/times in the guest book
3) There was no cold drinking water available in sight and I did not receive any response from Rita when I asked about it twice on text messages. Our suggestion would be to clarify this in the guest book.
4) Since kitchen usage is off-limits on weekends, one small suggestion is to provide an electric kettle (in room or outside) so that guests may choose to have coffee/tea before heading out for the day