We had a great stay at Sam’s place. It is centrally located from many places we wanted to visit like Griffith Observatory, LACMA, and the Santa Monica pier. The grocery store is a very short walk. I would recommend bringing your driving skills with you for parking in the assigned spot: you will either need to back up 100 feet or turn your car around in close quarters at the end of the driveway.
Be careful about how you enter/exit the driveway to avoid scraping the bottom of your car. A section of the sidewalk had concrete sticking out, my car has a ground clearance of 6.6 inches and I still scraped it when I was not looking out for it. At the time of our visit the place did not have cooking supplies like cooking oil or mixing bowls. Sam was very responsive, I would recommend staying here!