I had a lovely stay at the Hollywood Cottage except for an incident that occurred the night before I left and continued into the next day. The cottage is lovely and is exactly as described. It is truly a beautiful place, with a very lovely garden, and a totally private place to dine outside. If you are a light sleeper like me, the heater could be a problem. It made a clicking sound that kept waking me up the first night I was there. The owners kindly gave me a space heater to use for the second night.

If you don’t plan on having a car, you probably don’t need to read the rest of this review since it has to do with parking and car issues. I asked the host about parking in the evening as I planned to return about 9:30 PM . Jeff assured me that there is usually plenty of parking and, in the event that there wasn’t any, he told me to call him and he’d help me out. Unfortunately, when I returned to the cottage that evening, there wasn’t any parking on the street. I immediately called Jeff in a panic but he didn’t answer the phone and never returned my call. I drove around the neighborhood for awhile and then found parking about four blocks away. I am a single, older woman and generally do not like walking around in a neighborhood I am unfamiliar with after dark but I had no choice. The neighborhood was safe and I didn’t meet any unsavory characters but still this is a situation I did not anticipate happening. I parked on a street where there were quite a few spots. The next day, as I was about to checkout and drive 3 hours to my next destination, I went to retrieve my car. It was locked in. The cars in front of me and behind me were parked so close to me that when I asked some people walking by to help me, they said it was impossible to get the car out. It turned out that the street I parked on was where people park to hike on Runyon Canyon.

What upset me, in addition to having to walk in the dark and not being able to get my car out, was the apparent lack of concern on the part of Jeff and Robin. I never received a call from them to see if I was alright. I wish they had told me specifically where to park (or not to park) in case there was no parking on their street so that I wasn’t placed in this situation.