This was our first time in California and we had a very lovely time at Ann's place. She was very accommodating, helpful and flexible. The location of the place is great, everything such as target and different stores are nearby and a shopping mall 7min away by car. The pool on the other hand you may not be able to use as its not clean, they did try to do everything they could to clean it for us while we were there.
I must say if you're thinking about traveling in to Central LA or places close to it very often then paying a bit extra for a place there would probably be cheaper due to all the uber rides. But overall experience we had a lovely stay for those two weeks we were there and Ann was nothing but really nice and helpful from start to the end of our trip!