Our stay with David in Topanga was, unfortunately, a pretty bad experience. It was in fact one of my worst Airbnb experiences as a guest. The room smelled of cigarette and marijuana smoke most of the time we were there and we were forced to abandon our reservation after the first night (we arrived late the first night).

We tried contacting David to get a room change, but communication with him was poor and intermittent. After a couple hours of radio silence, we decided to pack up and leave.

We really wanted to like the place as we'd heard many positive things about Topanga and the reviews of the place seemed positive. Unfortunately, being non-smokers, the constant smell of people smoking cigarettes and pot around and above us became increasingly unbearable.

Although the smoke smell was not always perceptibly strong, with the windows open, we'd get periodic wafts of smoke (from the people smoking outside the house).

Of course, being a meditator, I'll happily admit to being in the top 5% of people when it comes to smoke sensitivity. If you regularly hang out at discos/bars where people smoke around you and that doesn't bother you, you'll probably be fine here.