Great hospitality! Our hosts treated us like old friends- they gave great local tips for things to do with our toddler on a rainy day, had super dinner spots to recommend and were always prompt in replying to my messages.
The location would be hard to beat in this area. Beach is walkable 15/20 minutes and only 10 minutes walk to a trendy street (Abott Kinney) which has affordable boutique shopping, yummy and varied restaurants/coffee shops and a whole foods for cooking at the house.
The unit was incredibly quiet and void of outside noise (traffic, etc) however you do have neighbors upstairs and next door which we occasionally could hear walking/playing music - however it was nothing our toddler couldn't sleep through during the day and no noise at night. Also, again, see above if there was ever an issue I'm sure the hosts would remedy/be aware of too. Would definitely recommend this place for a small family or couple traveling through.