The apartment was clean and cozy, neighborhood is nice and quiet, everyone was super friendly. Downtown is ten minutes away with a car, you can get to Santa Monica in about 40 minutes, Walk of fame and other tourist attractions are close by. Only slight problem is with parking, we weren't able to park by the building and used a nearby supermarket parking lot, last day of our stay we got towed, so keep that in mind. But other than that we had a most pleasant stay.