The host went out of their way to make us feel like we were staying in a high end hotel (e.g. extra towels, new and extra bars of soap, empty fridge). The neighborhood was better than I expected and the house is exactly what it looks like in the pictures. Maybe a little better than in the pictures. The house is so convenient to Redondo beach boardwalk and 1/2 block to a starbucks in the morning. I loved our time there.