Positives: This place was clean, and nicely decorated. The bed was comfy. Good location in SCV. The host was pretty responsive and accommodating.
negatives: ITS A HOSTILE. this place has many different guests staying at this home at the same time, which isn’t advertised. You are sharing a common area and 1 bathroom with who knows how many people. You have no control over who else is staying there. When we stayed, we had other people staying there that were constantly smoking weed, making our room smell terrible, and someone brought a dog that barked constantly. We also had a troubling experience with one of the other guests staying there that caused us to leave after the 2nd night of our 7 night stay and we didn’t return.
So this may be a good stay if the right people are there. But in my opinion, it’s too big or a risk for the cheaper option.