Highly recommend Ben’s place for anyone staying in LA! My boyfriend and I stayed here for 3 weeks while waiting for our new apartment to be ready, and everything was fantastic. The space is very clean with lots of amenities that made our stay very livable and comfortable. The location is prime with everything in walking distance and in a very cool neighborhood of LA. We walked to Griffith Park almost every day (right up the road a bit), and the back yard is fenced in, which was awesome for our dogs.
Kitchen has stove/oven, pots & pans to cook with, coffee maker, coffee mugs (plus sugar + creamer provided!), dishes, utensils, soap/drying station to clean your used dishes, microwave, ice trays, full-sized fridge, etc. Cooking was very easy here.
Bathroom is beautiful with large shower, plenty of clean towels left out, plus travel sized shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, etc. for you to use when you arrive also. Definitely a nice touch as we had been traveling for a few days and were out of these things when we arrived. It was great they were there for us and we didn’t have to run to the store right away.
Common area has table to eat/do work at with a huge TV with amazon, Netflix, Hulu, etc. hooked up. There’s also tons of outlets, which was great to always have a plug for our numerous devices. The only thing that wasn’t the best was the WiFi. It went in/out frequently. We were both on our phones, computers and TV simultaneously which was likely the cause of it acting up I’m sure. Not a huge deal though.
You get in and out of the yard where the guest house is through a gate with a lock & code which was an extra security bonus and allowed us to come and go as we pleased. It was cool to be able to stay somewhere central enough to all the places we wanted to be around, yet we weren’t in a touristy area and felt more like locals.
Ben was also kind enough to let us use his washer & dryer since we stayed for a few weeks. Communication was great throughout.
Overall, the whole stay was terrific, and we definitely recommend this space for those looking for a great spot in LA!