Natalie is an excellent host! She responded promptly to every question or concern we had throughout our entire stay. She went above and beyond to make sure we had everything we needed.
The cottage is cute and comfortable. There is a hummingbird feeder that we very much enjoyed keeping full to have the hummingbirds around. We really enjoyed having a yard to ourselves and a place for our dog to play outside. The yard is a great oasis inside of a large city. We spent a lot of time using the adirondack style chairs and enjoying the wonderful weather of southern California. Having a washer/dryer was a great plus and very convenient.
The neighborhood is a cute residential street but off of a very commercial area of Venice Blvd and right off of I-10. We were there for three months and didn't have any issues the first two months. Helms Bakery district is close by and we walked there a few times although the walk is along Venice which is loud and busy. The last couple of weeks we noticed some suspicious activity on the street and called the police non-emergent line a couple times which they always responded. Natalie was very supportive and went through every effort to make us feel safe. I am rating it at 4 stars because of the suspicious activity on the street but it was completely out of Natalie's control and I would rate the place itself and her as a host at 5 stars!