The check-in is easy with the lockbox, so you don't have to try to coordinate a meeting time with the host.
It's nice to have a designated parking spot too. It is a tight spot, but I was able to navigate in and out of it without a problem in my decent-sized SUV.
The house is clean and it is very well-stocked with kitchen and bathroom amenities! There are plenty of extra towels, hangers, tissues, TP, paper towels, extra blankets. Good job overall on amenities.
The showerhead is tall with very good water pressure. There is only a little bit of space on the bathroom counter for toiletries, but there is an additional shelving unit next to it that gives you much more storage room.
It's pretty quiet during the day and night.
The TV is placed in an area that's comfortable viewing from the couch (which isn't always the case with these rentals). Lots of channels , Hulu, Netflix, etc.
The kitchen table makes for a good laptop workspace.
The area is not a great place to walk out your door and go for a nice morning or evening walk or jog. It's a pretty run-down neighborhood sandwiched between two major through streets. However, that said, it doesn't feel unsafe. Basically, it's just not a very pretty area for walking if that matters to you. But it does have the bonus of being conveniently located right across the street from Ralph's , GNC, Baja Fresh, and other stores and restaurants. So we could just walk to the store for whatever we needed.
Communication with the host is good. We had an issue where the heater wouldn't come on. We were there during the first days that the weather dropped to the 60s after a hot summer, so I assume that the heater hadn't been on in months. However, someone was there in just one hour to fix it for us.
One warning: if you are an allergy sufferer or have chemical sensitivity, I recommend that you ask them to remove the Glade plug-ins that are in the house before you arrive. The scent was overwhelming. We unplugged them immediately but it took over 24 hours for that stuff to really dissipate and for my allergies to calm down. The natural smell of the house doesn't smell bad at all (we stayed a week), so I'm not sure why it's being filled with a chemical scent.
Overall, our stay was good. It's located not far from major freeways and major surface streets to get you to other areas of LA.