I liked the location of the guesthouse in a nice neighborhood and the spacious main room with high ceiling as shown in the picture. Besides, it took less than 10 minutes for us to visit my daughter’s family. However, we had several issues during our stay:
1) deadbolt lock:
The host, Richard sent me a somewhat tricky instruction to lock the door with key outside and use the deadbolt lock inside, but it did not work for me. I tried hard to figure out how to make the deadbolt lock out to the lock position, but it would not move out at all. If you simply turn the metal knob on the door either clockwise or counter clockwise, the deadbolt lock should be working. Robert replied to us ”Either way, it will be safe.” We had to blindly trust Richard on it. The area seemed to be ok, but we did not feel comfortable to go bed without locking the entrance door. We kept our valuables in my daughter's place to be safe.
2) heating
We stayed there for the X-mas holidays and it was chilly in LA. There was an appliance on the high wall with a remote controller. The remote had several options including feel, comfort, fan, cool, and heat. Whenever I tried to select the “heat” option from the remote, it was skipped. Later, we learned that this appliance was only for cooling. Richard sent me a message saying that there was a small electrical space heater with fireplace decoration, which would warm up the entire main room. It did warm up the main room, but we could not use it while we slept because of noise from the fan even if we used “LOW” setting. It would be great to have a radiator-type heater for quieter heating. This may not be an issue if you stay there during spring or fall.
3) water faucet in the bathroom.
In the bathroom, there are only two water sources: water faucet in the sink and shower head. I am not sure this issue had been developed only during my stay, but the water pressure for the faucet was so low. We needed to use the coffee pot to collect enough water to wash hands or brush teeth. The water from the shower head and commode was fine, though.