For the value, you are getting a great deal for location and cleanliness. The hosts are wonderful people, who are gone the majority of the day. Other rooms in the home are housed on AirBnb as well, so expect to run into strangers if you are staying here long term.
There are two things you should consider before booking your stay here. There is AC is in the house, and there are no fans in the rooms. Therefore, there is no air circulation going through which makes the rooms extremely warm, especially during the day. When I started my stay in June, it was tolerable. However my last first weeks (August-September) were pretty much unbearable. If you are sleeping with an additional person then do not book here, because it’s impossible to stay asleep. I’d wake up multiple times throughout the night, sweating. I lost a lot of sleep in my last week and decided to checkout a night early because my partner was going to come and help me drive back to another state. Therefore we needed a good nights rest. Opening a window in this particular room doesn’t help much.
In addition, the house is the corner house next to a Main Street in Torrance which is perfect for location and being close proximity to a lot of stores. But if you’re a light sleeper like me, then hearing cars zoom loudly constantly will disrupt your sleep. I had to purchase ear plugs and wore them every night. The walls are super thin and this room is adjacent to another room (one of which I also stayed in), and you can hear everything that the other person is doing, including their phone conversations.
If I had known the house would be so hot, I wouldn’t have stayed during these hotter times of the month. However, I’m not from California and it didn’t even cross my mind that homes would have no AC, no fans, or any kind of air ventilation units in the room.
There also was an ant infestation in the house that started sometime mid July. They were everywhere. In the kitchen, in my room, and in my bathroom. They were harmless ants, and I wasn’t bothered. I do not think the hosts ever addressed the problem, and I did not care to complain. This is just an FYI. The issue isn’t as big as a problem anymore but I do see them in kitchen and my bathroom in less quantities.