My husband and I visited L.A. for a week on vacation to catch up with friends. We can definitely recommend staying with Elyse and Barry in their pool house.

The lodging is a one room pool house akin to a studio apartment located behind the hosts' own main house. The entrance to the pool house is through a fence to the backyard, which made coming and going very easy. Street parking was always available no matter what hour we arrived back at the property.

The room itself is clean, modest and comfortable, with all the basics mentioned in the listing. It is nothing I'd call luxurious, but affordable and of good value. It is situated in a residential neighborhood that is mostly quiet with the occasional duck quacking or landscaper doing yard work. We only were home during regular sleeping hours, so it met our purposes. I will caution that if you need absolute dark to sleep in, bring a sleep mask because the frosted glass doors do let in a fair amount of light as the sun rises. Also, the shower stall is not big which made shaving my legs a bit challenging =). But, the shower itself had good water pressure and decent hot water.

We dealt pretty exclusively with Elyse, who is an excellent host. From the time we booked the reservation, she was very responsive via email. She was always ready to give us suggestions for restaurants in the area. She was also kind enough to invite us to Barry's birthday celebration that weekend, though we were busy with other plans already and could not attend. Elyse and her family were all very friendly, but also respected our privacy.

The location of this property is conveniently located next to the actual Silver Lake reservoir, so perfect for that morning jog. It, however, like most of L.A., is not particularly near public transportation, so access to a car is pretty necessary. The central location of being in this neighborhood was ideal for us, as we were no more than 45 minutes away in traffic from anywhere we needed to be. Do note that the area is hilly and minimum a 25-30 minute walk from the main stretch.