A good value for the money, and you will be staying with a super responsive and helpful host who does her best to make her guests comfortable. She also surprised us with groceries and fresh fruit for our arrival. What a nice touch! The location is terrific and the property is nice and quiet. We loved the comfortable master bed, huge closets and having two full bathrooms for our family of three. The large orange tree in the backyard was beautiful, too. Some guests have commented that their wifi was slow, but I found the opposite was true.
On the other hand, and in case it is not clear in the description, this property is the back half of a duplex house and not a free-standing guest suite. The front half of the house may be occupied by another guest although there is a locked door separating the two properties. It was hot during my stay, and the indoor temp didn't go below 78-80F during the day. Evening temperatures indoors were fine. Dorothy sent a repairman to the property the next day after I contacted her about it, but unfortunately, it didn't solve the problem. Luckily for us, we were out most days, so this wasn't a big issue for us.
The listing says it can accommodate four people, but the kitchen/work table only has two chairs. There are two other bar stools in the room, but there is no one place for three or more people to eat and not enough silverware for a group of four to eat a full meal.
Overall, we had a wonderful time in Altadena, and I am grateful to have found Dorothy's listing.