This place is exactly what we were looking for: Right on the beach, within walking distance to Manhattan Beach. The views are amazing, it is right on the corner where the Hermosa strand meets the Manhattan strand. The place looked as described/shown.
Our only issue (which has nothing to do with the place/host) was that the amount of "riffraff" seems to have increased since we last visited the area. There was someone that looked homeless that posted up right outside of the place (it is right at the intersection of two trails) and was pouring vodka straight out of the bottle into a plastic cup and yelling obscenities at everyone that went by. This went on for over an hour until someone finally called the police. There were homeless people taking up all of the children's swings on the beach down on the Hermosa side, and there was somebody that was clearly on drugs yelling and harassing people on the beach the next day. Lots of trash on the beach too. Just sad, so much has changed!