"Incredible" is the best word I can think of to describe both the location and the views from this house. You choose to stay here because you want a unique experience: You want to drive up those long, winding canyon roads that are so much different from what you drive on everyday; you want to know what it feels like to live in a home with a one-of-a-kind view that has you waking up in a cloud. It's true that the Hideaway has some functional issues, such as the curtain for a bathroom door and a wall that doesn't go all the way up. My husband and I stayed here with our teenage daughter. The futon my daughter slept on could have been more comfortable, that is also true. You are going to have to wash a dish or two (no dishwasher). Although we cooked a few meals here, it is not a gourmet chef's dream kitchen (thankfully we are not gourmet chefs; Malibu has plenty of those to choose from). Yes, you can hear people moving around upstairs, like you would with any multilevel apartment. But for us anyway, all of that was pretty minor compared to the experience of coming to Malibu and staying in a special space. We hiked in Tuna Canyon, we explored almost all of the sites that David and Ling recommended in their local guide, we drove to Santa Barbara, hung out in LA/Santa Monica, and we did paragliding off of a nearby canyon side (highly recommend!). These are memories we will not soon forget...the other minor stuff, we will.