Steven made us feel very welcome. We tend to keep to ourselves when we travel and Steven was available but respectful. The space was as pictured and clean, and stayed nice and cool even on a hot day. Steven allows his guests to use a couple of beach bikes, which was an amazing plus as the Manhattan Beach-Hermosa Beach walk/bike path is only a couple dozen yards from the front door. It is a truly wonderful location. The only potential downside is that it is an old building and any noise from upstairs (where Steven and his family live) is very noticeable in the suite. We are early birds so it didn't bother us in the least, but folks whose vacations involve sleeping until noon might be bothered. Overall, we loved our stay and would love to stay again.