Exactly as described -- a quirky and comfortable place. It was fun to meet all the humans and dogs who were here. It's a quiet retreat, but people are always around so it never felt abandoned. The room is a little hot and stuffy if you draw the blackout curtains, but on the other hand those curtains really work well to keep the room dark, and there is a fan in the room that works well. The common spaces are cool and breezy. They are all basically open-air, including the kitchen-dining area which has big doors open to the front and back all the time. In spite of being open like this, the kitchen was spotlessly clean. The bathrooms and bedroom were also kept very clean. It is close to great places all over the west side. Carshare from LAX took about half an hour (with at least half that time sitting in LAX traffic). We walked to Venice Beach (south of the boardwalk) in about 45 minutes, and to downtown Santa Monica (around where Wilshire meets the sea) in under 2 hours. The Culver City bus to downtown Culver City (e.g. Culver Hotel, Museum of Jurassic Technology) took about half an hour, and is a great deal at $1 a ride. Rentable electric scooters are ubiquitous in the neighbourhood (for the time being...), and if I was braver and/or had a helmet along I might have tried one and cut down on walking times. We really enjoyed staying here.