When we first arrived to the house, the first thing we noticed is, the garbage cans overfilled, with trash all over in front of the gate. The gate has a keypad and and at first it didn't open, then it did - returning home each day was the same story, we were just waiting to see if it would open or not. Did not feel safe, so we had to improvise and make sure that at night it was locked from the inside. Placed a piece of wood through the handle. The 2nd gate could not be closed as the latch was not placed evenly to the opening.
When we finally walked in the house, it reeked of marijuana. We opened all the windows and doors, and had to leave the windows opened at night. The owner was advised of it, but she said that she would come by the house and check it herself.
She did say that we could get in touch with Air B&B and see if we could get another place. After driving for 7 hours, and not be sure of where we would be relocated, we stayed just to basically sleep there. And when we were there, everything was opened in order to lessen the odor in the house. Her response was that "it always smelled that way" and that they had painted the house 2 years ago. My mom (also a guest) is a former estate manager and said that a lot of owners paint former homes where people died or smoked - but that the smell will always return.
The inside of the home was clean, however, there were lack of pots and pans, and no dish towels, one scrubber, and barely any soap left. The frying pan was covered with burnt oil, and I had to really scrub it in order to make it look halfway decent. The oven was not cleaned, and the outside of the refrigerator had handprints on it, also there are beetles outside at night!
The Waste Management did not pick up the recycling bin, it was overfilled so they left it. However, the owner came by the house and did nothing about it. So, when we left on Saturday, the bin was still there.
We've stayed at many Air B&B's for years, here and abroad. Never saw anything like this particular house; the garbage out, the weeds all around the house, and the house is right in front of a P.G.E Electrical Grid -power lines everywhere, and you should note that the Burbank Airport is a few blocks away. Nothing wrong with these last two items, but I believe that all of the above should be part of the description when advertising the home on Air B&B. This is way overpriced. We could have stayed for $300 a night at a hotel in BH.
I recommend that this is a good place for college kids who want to go to LA for a few days, but not suitable for older couples or families.