Deanna is a warm and friendly person. Her guesthouse is very stylishly decorated, and made it feel homely. She accommodated our early check in request (earlier by at least an hour), and made us feel welcomed. She was also very clear and detailed in her Airbnb description notes. She has also been very responsive in spite of a minor accident with her foot recently.
The driveway next to her home is narrow and any car wider than a Toyota Prius should not park on the driveway and instead park on the streets. We had driven a Mini Cooper and had less difficulty maneuvering up the slope of the driveway. Reversing out into the road from the driveway requires some judgement call from the traffic. The front bumper may also hit the kerb as you exit the driveway for cars with low bumpers.
The place is located approximately a 15mins walk from Larchmont Village, which is a cool European style neighborhood with cool cafes, ice cream parlors and bagels bakeries. You could buy breakfast from Noah’s bagels too, which are really tasty. It’s also a shorter drive to Universal Studios Hollywood, approximately 20-25mins drive in the morning at about 7.30am before rush hour starts. You could walk 35-45mins to Hollywood walk of fame but I would suggest to take an Uber ride. There’s a metro bus stop approximately 5-10mins walk but as I did not ride it, can’t comment on that much. We basically rented our car for drives towards national parks and theme parks which are on the outskirts of the city and Uber within the city.
The place is just nice for two people and it’s a cosy spot to enjoy snacks / drinks. I didn’t cook in the guesthouse though, since it’s a studio and thus if you cook something that smokes too much or has oily fumes, that’s going to make the linen stink.. there are restaurant options in the area, eg larchmont village spots. Thai food at the good goose is not bad.