Because my home is being renovated, I rented this nearby "guesthouse" as a gift for my 35v year old son and his girlfriend from New York who were visiting my family, extended family, and friends in area for a 2 week period over Christmas & New Years. Patricia, the host, felt this arrangement to be "awkward" and indeed the arrangement went from "awkward" to unpleasant. Once my son established with Patricia that there was a persistent odor of sewage within the unit she immediately responded to and paid for them to stay at another air bnb for 2 nights while plumbers were employed to remedy the problem, however she asked them to move out all their belongings, food, and to return the key for those two days and to move back on New Years Day despite their busy plans to visit family in another part of Los Angeles that day. She refused to extend their stay at the other place where they had moved in or to reimburse me the remainder of the money I spent for what I had hoped would be a stressless vacation. Consequently, I also paid for them to remain in the other air bnb that was more private, peaceful, and pleasant for their vacation.

Apart from the odor issue, this unit is not the sort of Air bnb you just arrive, pick up the key, and have a sense of privacy. This is more the place to go if you want contact with the host who insists she meet you and provide a tour of the area and helpful area info. It feels like you are in an extension of the host's home with personal items, rather than a free-standing guesthouse.