We visited LA for six days as the last stop of our family summer holiday. Shawn's place is really well located, a five minute walk to the Avenue of the Stars and close to the highway and many other places (Griffith Observatory, Americana Glendale, Beverly Hills, etc). We were out and about every day and this house was an excellent place to base ourselves.
Trader Joe's Supermarket was three blocks away and there are various good places to eat a short walk away on Sunset and Cahuenga Blvds. And a great cinema complex at ArcLight which is also only a few minutes walk.
The house is well equiped and set up. We were five of us and fitted well...though a couple more chairs of stools would have been useful so we could all sit to eat at the kitchen table. A more thorough clean pre-arrival would have been appreciated, but we have communicated this to Shawn and hope future visitors will be happier on arrival.
All in all we can definitely recommend this as a good base for a visit to LA.