My husband + I have stayed in LA many times in the past but have never felt quite as at home as we did staying here in Kelly + Dan's lovely home; it truly made us feel like locals and it went a big way towards helping us fall in love with the area.
From the first message to the last, Kelly was super friendly, helpful + easy to talk to; there wasn't anything that we needed during the stay that she didn't help us with and it felt like such a relaxing place to come home to at the end of each day, which is a real testimony to the place and the hosts at the end of a two week stay.
The house itself looks exactly like it does in the photos - contemporary, fresh, spotlessly clean and very spacious. The bedroom is huge (with THE most comfortable bed) as is the bathroom and the living area/kitchen; everything is also very well-equipped if you want to wash clothes or cook during your stay.
There's a lovely little balcony at the front which overlooks the main back yard and is gorgeous to sit and have coffee or a glass of wine on and there are beautiful citrus trees down the side of the building...you can also see Griffith Park Observatory from the living room window which is pretty cool!
The location is perfect - central enough to get to most parts of the city in decent amounts of time but very quiet, peaceful + residential. If you want to party and enjoy lots of nightlife, then Atwater probably isn't the right place for you but if you want to stay somewhere that feels safe, comfortable and really well-loved by the community, you'd be hard-pressed to find anywhere better. You can walk up to the main road in 10-12 minutes and on there you'll find a brilliant bakery, coffee shop, açai bowl store, ice-cream parlour, vintage clothes shop and gourmet grocery store as well as Middle Eastern, pizza, noodle, Italian + cuban restaurants; there's also a lovely Farmer's Market to enjoy on a lazy Sunday morning.
Kelly and Dan are nearby if you need anything but otherwise, they leave you to your own space which was the perfect balance - they were happy to offer suggestions for food places to try and the communal space was really well looked after...they also have a gorgeous Frenchie we made friends with!
Honestly, cannot recommend this Airbnb enough - as a slice of LA life, it's simply brilliant and we cannot wait to return again in the future.