There were some communication difficulties at first. The host, Tomoko, does not actually live at the place, it is her parents. They do not speak much english so that was a little challenging. I arrived at 3pm, but the place was not made up until about 330. Not that big of a deal, although when I was leaving, the father was insistent that I leave promptly at 11. The actual place was exactly as described. It is a small place, not much room for luggage. No closet. Everything was extremely clean. WIFI was sufficient. TV remote did not function which was a little annoying. There is a refrigerator in the room which was quite noisy at night. The neighborhood is very quiet and quite residential. Only a 2-3 block walk from the beach as described as well as about a 10 minute walk to Santa Monica blvd. Overall great experience.