My Girlfriend and I decided to explore LA and it's surroundings from a more secluded and quite Place. As we are really no Party People or anything in that realm and wanted to take a relaxed Approach. So Christines Place seemed perfect. But we left with mixed feelings for more than one Reason.
But let's start with the Good: The Place is quite secluded and the View and drive up the Canyon is really enjoyable. We loved the drive up and down everyday. And it's quite close to Santa Monica and Malibu as well. In our time there we had little to no Problems with traffic Jams. The View from their Deck was beautiful.
Now to the Reasons why we left with mixed feelings.
First: The Ant Issue other People mentioned in all the other reviews is really problematic to say the least. The Host may even be right in saying that it's normal in the Region but Ant's scouting for anything food related in every nook and cranny of the Place is not normal to us. We even found some in the Bed. We couldn't leave anything food related on the Counter or even in the cupboard. The Ants would infest it in minutes. And we are not talking about smelly stuff like meat or fruits. We had to throw away our Cereals, our Bread and open bags of crisps. Even when closed or knot down the Ants found their way. After learning that, we stored most of our stuff in the Fridge, as it's the only air tight container. So keep that in mind when booking here. If you have issues with your hygiene when insects are around then think twice.
Second: Christine seemed pretty nice but we only met her in Person once. Also the communication was quite slow and she also didn't read some of our messages. Including an Apology from us for stained towels and toilet. Why does this matter? Because she threatened us about this. I'll Explain: My Girlfriend and I dyed my Hair with semi Permanent dye recently and as the toilet doubles as the shower in this Place, the toilet got a little stained from our Hair. Not the whole toilet to be exact. Only the non-ceramic parts. But not a big Issue we thought as the color is semi Permanent and washs of with Bleach or isopropyl alcohol. But we still felt guilty so we send an apology and left the place a day earlier to give the Host more time to clean. We also would have paid for the damage but to our shock, 2 Days after we left Christine threatened us with a report to Airbnb and insulted us. Apparently she did not read our Apology Message. She didn't even try to solve the Issue privately at first but after she read the Message she backed down. We were really sad about this, as this was a honest Mistake and we are not bad people. She compared us with Jackasses the trash places deliberately. This left a real bitter after taste.