Due to a booking issue I unfortunately was not able to stay in Stephens guest house for my trip to Santa Monica. He was super nice about it and arranged for me to stay 3 blocks from Santa Monica beach at another house, or his friends air bnb house? Not sure. I booked with Stephen because I wanted a separate guest house and the house that I was put into instead was a room in a basement, which was not ideal. Very noisy and they didnt provide things like hand soap and shampoo and conditioner. I would book with Stephen again! But make sure that his guesthouse is actually open.