Mary is a very nice lady and she has a large family some of whom were staying in the house, and they (her granddaughter and son) were very cute and helpful as well. The house is very clean, spacious, and modern, and in a nice neighborhood in Palmdale. The one drawback was that there was no air conditioning on the second floor where my room was (there was a unit downstairs). As I was visiting during a heat wave in June it did get quite hot in my room. In fairness to Mary, she and her family were also on the second floor without air conditioning, so it may be that it is not always so hot. I did have a very nice visit to beautiful SoCal while staying in Mary's house at a very reasonable rate, so overall it was good experience!