As it was a last minute decision to visit Hollywood, we did a quick search on AirBNB and found Simon's place. Simon's reply was prompt. As I was new to AirBnb, we did hit a few bumps with verification of my identity. But in spite of that, we finalize within 24 hours and everything was set :)

It was rather easy to find the place. When we reach, so happens that Simon was there and he show us to the apartment and since we were driving, he gave us a parking permit. Or else our rental car might have been towed!!

Anyway, it was kind of like walking into a small village :) There's some common area where residents was doing their work or having their meal. Quint, quiet place :)

The apartment was nice, Simon even has an Apple TV setup with LED TV. Not that a tourist would spend a lot of time in front of the TV, but its a nice to have when you get back from a day of walking and just want to shower and rest your tired feet in front of the TV :)

Distance to tourist area, eg the TCL Chinese Theatre was around 2.5 miles. Others was further. I would think that you definitely need a car to get around. Public transport in LA do not seems to be as developed as San Francisco or New York. FYI, there's a place call The Groove nearby (approx 3 miles), nice place to shop and dine.

Parking was relatively easy to find on the street. Both nights we came back quite late and both occasion we were able to find a parking spots nearby.