This is not the best place to stay. Number one it is not clean. You will have to wash everything you use BEFORE you use it. There is still food and grime on practically everything. The bathroom is really not that clean. Sink and toilet look barely cleaned. Couldn’t put my soap in the soap dish because of all the residue and mildew in it. Very dirty. You must use slippers in the house unless you want the bottom of your feet to be black. THERE IS NO WATER FILTER. California has very hard water and I broke out so badly I was embarrassed to go out and have people see my face. For the last half of my trip I had to wash my face with bottled water. Break out stopped immediately once I did that. I had giant pimples all over my face neck and chest. Even had some on my back arms and legs. TONS of mosquitos in the room I was staying in. I have soo many bites from getting bitten nightly. Even had them bite my face. The host is a decent woman but is very intrusive. She put her hand into my chicken while I was marinating it to taste what ingredients I had in there after asking many many times how to cook what I was making. Very unhygienic, I have no idea where her hands have been and she just touched my food like that was fine. She was cleaning to get rid of mosquitoes and couldn’t even wait for me to put my stuff away after I told her I needed to. she agreed to wait because I was making breakfast. Came in while I was trying to tidy my things and just started deciding what was trash or not. Threw away things I was still using and discarded tea I was still drinking. After having a shower she couldn’t even wait for me to get dressed before asking me to get a mosquito trap in my room. Stood in the doorway watching me look for it while I was in a towel still wet. Also decided to randomly put my bananas in the fridge one day before they were ripe so now they can’t ripen. She will offer to drive you somewhere every single day to get you out of the house. If you leave any lights on or the air conditioner she will go into your room whenever to turn them off. Even if you’re just in the kitchen.. Also if you stay there, there will be lots of other people staying there that she will not mention until they just show up one day. Didn’t tell me anyone else was there until the third day. Only told me about one boy Just to have 4 people show up within 24 hours. I specifically chose a woman as a host to feel safer. Then had to be with two unexpected men in the house. One of them who had his room directly next to mine. Lastly you will be VERY FAR from everything in LA. Uber’s to the city are super expensive and their public transportation is extremely slow. You will be over 2 hours away from anything including the beach. One good thing I can say is the location has beautiful scenery. Beautiful mountains, humming birds sometimes coyotes (harmless though).