Read carefully! No kitchen, or bedrooms
We stayed here in 2020 during thanksgiving week. We were 6 people for a week and that is too many people for this place, for too long.
About this place: it’s a spruced up converted garage, with a lofted second level. There is one bathroom and a pretend kitchen without running water or a stove, just a toaster oven, fridge and microwave.
Pros:
Hot tub was awesome
Pool was great
Grilling by the hot tub was great. We grilled every meal as we couldn’t cook any other way. Got a lot better at grilling
Centipede machine in living room
Living room very comfy
Very pretty property with a nice view of Malibu mountains
Cons:
Just 1 bathroom for 6 ppl. :-( !
Kitchen really sucks, no stove or running water, have to go to outside sink to wash dishes. Only a toaster oven and microwave to cook. We were tryna have thanksgiving so this was a major drawback.
Real overuse of japanese dividers over real doors and walls. The whole room is one space with a loft so there is no privacy and if anyone coughs while sleeping everyone can hear.
There is no bathroom door! Only a japanese divider. I really think they should fix this. One of the beds is just a few feet from the permanently open bathroom door so that one of our friends had to pretend to hear no noises or smells. They really gotta fix that
They charge 100$/day for the hot tub to be heated, 150$ for the pool. These are the best parts so I recommend to get it but it is an extra charge.
The property is massive but they only let you go near the pool area. There’s like some acres of woods and a yoga deck and stuff but it’s all off limits to guests.
So overall we spent nearly 5k to rent this place for a week. We were hoping to be comfortable and maybe even indulged, but it actually felt like we were camping (with a hot tub tho). Had to cook all our food outside on a grill, preparing it outside near the only usable sink.
I think if you could have a bachelorette party here for a weekend, it might be awesome. Or if you could have a pool party catered event here during no covid times... but it was not really suitable for the kinda family reunion experience we were looking for