Kellie's place is a great deal. It's quite convenient to downtown LA, and about a 20-40 minute drive to the Santa Monica area. The place is clean and the bathrooms, even though they are shared, are very well kept. Items that people have left are left in tidy bins, free to use for everybody. Extra towels are provided in your room, and the rooms are not smelly and musty like other communal places. The thing I like most about Kellie's is that they are very, very helpful and informative. With parking, Wifi, switching rooms (since ours was a bunk bed and we preferred a single bed), and even coffee in the morning. If you want to save money and don't need to stay at a super fancy place, this is a great place to be.