If you are looking for a very casual place to come and go and do your thing, this is the place. The room itself is clean, private, quiet and spacious. The rest of the house is very clean and tidy too. The shower is super clean, big and nice. The balcony view over all of LA is impressive. If you feel like hanging out in the kitchen, it's almost like a cafe with John and his family, other boarders and guests. There's a fooz ball game in the living room (my kids loved it), and movies or video games (John's son) in the living room on a huge screen. When I wanted to limit screen time for my kids, it was easy and mellow to just go upstairs to our space and do our thing. We were out of the house most of the time anyway. The neighborhood is very safe and near all kinds of great places. Cooking was easy, and if I needed help finding something in the kitchen, John was usually there on the weekend to help. He often shared some of what he was cooking for his family with us and the other guests. If I have to go back to LA again, I'd for sure stay there (even if I do have very different political views than John, who asked about my political leanings on the last day...
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