The place was as listed and provided everything they listed. The check in was extremely easy and allowed us to take our time to travel from Las Vegas to Long Beach and check ourselves in. The instructions for checking in were a little unclear in some parts but overall perfect (I think we were just tired from driving). It was a little hard finding the guesthouse at first since the “main” house has a different address than the guesthouse? Once we drove around for a few we were able to find the house and parked in our spot. Beware that the gate is a little tricky to latch back in. The instructions tell you to park and pull in all the way so the tenants can also park their car. We have a Camaro and had to pull all the way up to the gate in between the guest house and the garage/shed? It allowed the other guests/tenants in a large mini van enough room to pull in and out without any issue. The laminated sheet provided more information and instructions for the place and even some suggestions for eating and coffee. However it said to sign a waiver behind it to skate the ramp but there was no copies left. We didn’t get to as we had planned three days at Disneyland land and the first day we arrived at 3pm, and the last day we had to be out by 12pm and the skate shop kept my skates longer than anticipated. Our second or third night there we came back to no hot water after a long day at Disneyland so we had to shower with cold water. We let them know however since it was 12am we obviously didn’t get a response back until morning which is expected. Angela came to the property and let us know that she reset the water heater and it should work normally now. We were on our way out, however when we came back it was working just fine. They were quick to fix it and didn’t blame us for it not working which we appreciate since in the past that was one problem we dealt with while using Airbnb. The thermostat in the bathroom is to be kept at 115, we noticed it was blinking 991 and the water wasn’t heating up so if you run into this issue just let them know and they can fix it within minutes.
On our last night there we came back from a full long day at Disneyland at 12am to two random/new cars parked in both spots! We had never seen them before which leads me to believe that the tenants in the main house aren’t permanent and also staying for short stays like we were through Airbnb. We had to drive around the neighborhood and surrounding area for two hours!!! We finally found someone leaving a spot in a no parking zone four streets over on the other side of the Main Street. At 6am we were able to get our car and park it in “our” spot. We again parked all the way forward almost touching the gate and the other white car (a Prius) had left us a note telling us to pull forward more as they had trouble pulling out. 😏 I thought that was a little annoying as we had come back tired from a full day of walking and standing only to find out they had taken our spot and had to spend hours looking for a spot to park. I messaged Angela and Cory at that time (12am) however we never heard back.
I recommend this area for someone who is only staying a day or two. The area isn’t that lively and for the most part everything around is just vintage thrift shops and some restaurants. We did have fun exploring our first day there using the Razor and Bird scooters. The guesthouse is awesome and very comfortable and super cute! The amenities were awesome too, and the place was pretty clean. I saw someone mention bringing their dogs with them on their stay, I’m definitely going to plan another trip and will bring my two dogs with us in our next adventure!! Besides the two issues we ran into we definitely had a good time and found the guesthouse perfect for us. It was funny finding out our first day there that Cory owns Keen Ramps as I have been looking at buying one of their Mini ramps for a few months now! When I first booked the house I hadn’t read the bio and solely booked due to the mini ramp in the backyard being an aggressive ramp/park roller skater myself.
Thank you Angela & Cory we hope that we can stay in your house again soon.