Overall good value. There’s a pretty patio in the back for people to chill. Here’s some tips and feedback:
Location: There’s plenty of restaurants and a grocery store close by like 5-10min away- various asian restaurants and McDonalds. It’s located northwest of Los Angeles.
Rooms/Bathroom: Rooms were a good size with simple bedding. There’s two sitting areas in the common room that have tvs. Patio looks pretty. We wished the weather was warmer for us to hangout there.
AC / Heating system: They use a nest system. For some reason, the temp wouldn’t go down or it kept going to 78F degrees during the evening. It was okay for one of the nights but bad for the last couple nights. I recommend asking the host how to properly use it.
House rules: There’s quite a bit of house rules like no major meal preparation else you get charged, vacuum, and no shoes in the house. There’s a cleaning fee that we pay already, so sort of surprised by the vacuuming.
Amenities: It’s nice he had tea and disposable toothbrushes available. There were plenty of towels for us. There was also a laundry room for us to use but there’s the rule that you can only use it if you stay at least 3 days.
Cleanliness: The place was overall clean, but we used a wet wipe on the leather couches and it seemed a bit dirty. Our family is pretty clean, so we usually do this when we use things that have been used like on the airplane. Only complaint I had to was the slight odor from the kitchen sink. It smelt like it had been used recently. I think someone actually lives here on a regular basis when not rented or it was from the last person that stayed. The host apologized and offered to come bu to resolve it, but it was an inconvenience for us since we didn’t want someone in the house with access to our stuff when we weren’t there. We used an air freshener that we picked up from the store.
Host: He seemed nice. It was a very simple conversation between us. He was responsive via text.