We had a wonderful stay at Joanne's place and it was just what we needed to finish our holiday.
Very responsive host, spacious, clean and comfortable beds. The apartment had everything we needed to make ourselves at home.
The gym was great and had it been summer, I'm sure the pool would have been amazing as well.
Location was great with an easy 20 minute walk to tourist attractions (Hollywood walk of fame, Madame Tussauds etc) and a 20 minute walk to a supermarket (however a new supermarket is due to open at the base of the apartment building mid Dec which will be extremely convenient).
The bus stopped right outside the building to take you down to Santa Monica (roughly an hr and 20mins).
Would definitely recommend!