This is a very mixed review - as a preface, our stay was probably a bit longer than the average guest and my husband was undergoing treatment at City of Hope during this time so our experience was likely influenced somewhat by our situation.
The pros:
very large, new space in a safe neighborhood with a lot of good food options (both eat in and delivery). The kitchen was spacious and bright with counter and table seating. Having 2.5 bathrooms was nice, as was having the garage to keep the car cool during the day. Location was also close to a large park, banks, convenience store and a 10min drive to City of Hope. When made aware of some issues, Terry was responsive and tried to help. He also allowed us to use the mailbox to have our mail forwarded during our stay.
The cons:
The unit was not cleaned thoroughly on our arrival. It was clear than an attempt was made, just not a professional deep clean as one would expect (long hairs, some residue in toilets, very dusty blinds, slow tub drain, gunk in the fridge etc). I didn’t bring this up with our host as at that point we needed a clean place and couldn’t risk COVID exposure with having someone else clean again so we just cleaned and sanitized.
The kitchen could use some more everyday items like drinking glasses (we bought and left some), a toaster (we bought and left one), a potholder/oven mitt, dish scrubber, brita pitcher/filtered water option, and undiluted soap. The living room furniture was fairly uncomfortable, aged/worn/stained and mismatched. The blinds in the bedrooms had many broken slats. The only furniture on the patio was an older indoor barstool - a little table & chair or umbrella would have been nice (we bought and left an inexpensive Target beach chair so we had at least one place to sit outside).
The experience was overall disappointing for the price point and wouldn’t recommend unless the host makes some basic improvements.