We stayed at this AirBnB as we needed a temporary home while looking for a more permanent place to stay. Great communication with the host and his mother. They were very flexible with us, and in the end we stayed almost 4 months at the house (during lockdown), so in the end the place felt a bit like home for our family of four. In fact, we ended up moving to a house not very far away.
This is a large house with a pool on top of the quiet Verdugo Woodland neighbourhood. The mountain views from the living room are gorgeous. For hikers/mountain bikers, it is situated just a few steps before the start of the "Las Flores Motorway", a dirt trail which reaches Mount Thom with panoramic views over the skyline of downtown Los Angeles. For lovers of nature, during our stay, we saw deer, coyotes and even a bobcat (all at a safe distance). A large 2-car garage gives you access to a large 2-story house with 3 bedrooms on the second floor. The house is a 5-minute drive to highway 2, which takes you to straight to Downtown LA, or 10-minute to the 134, which takes you to Burbank and the valley. The closest convenience/grocery stores are about 10 minutes away. On the main floor, a living room/dining room, a TV room and a large kitchen. In the backyard, a large pool with a very lush landscape.
The place gets a lot of shade because of its eastward orientation (beautiful sunrises over the mountains!), which is good most of the year to avoid , but if you stay in the colder season, there may be days when the house feels cold. Unfortunately for us, we only stayed there during the coldest time of the year, so we didn't use the pool much because the water was too cold, but in warmer days kids will love spending their afternoon at the pool, which was cleaned every week.
At the time of writing the review, furniture in the bedrooms was rather basic, but hosts have been open to suggestions, so this may change.