Gloria's little cottage is a really nice home away from home. It's surprisingly large inside: 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, plus a kitchen and living/dining room. The cottage is well furnished and has all the needed linens, etc. to make the guest comfortable. We regretted not noticing earlier the awesome collection of 1970s magazines stacked on the bookshelves - only saw it on the last day and couldn't spend enough time with them. Make sure you do!

Gloria went out of her way to make us feel welcome: she greeted us when we first got there, showed us everything, and gave us tips on the neighborhood. Gloria also was very responsive: she provided a hair dryer when we asked for it and went out of her way to make us comfortable during the heat wave LA was experiencing. She also gave us farm fresh eggs when we first came and tasty pastries in the middle of our stay, which was a very nice touch.

Things to note about the house/location: this is the industrial part of LA and thus not super walkable. Not that you'd necessarily want to walk in LA to begin with, but something worth noting. The cottage doesn't have A/C (our understanding is that most houses in LA/West Side don't have it), and during this unusual heat wave the multiple fans just weren't enough to keep the inside bearable: we camped out at Starbucks. The whole city was clearly suffering. As mentioned above, Gloria went out of her way to help us through this and even bought a portable A/C. We assembled it but couldn't make it work in the end. To summarize, be aware that this isn't an A/Ced house and check the weather ahead of booking.