Best of the best & I got MORE than paid for !! Huge thanks to host, Mr Ben.
Which was a surpirse - never did I imagine this rental would turn.out so well. First off, I originally was searching for a more budget/cheaper place, & in Camarillo i.e. 32 miles away from this Winnetka/suburb of L.A, & I planned todo certain work/be boring/plain/somber month; however no place became available around Camarillo & so instead I booked this Winnetka listing of some "Ben" while lamenting about long distance & expense but had no other choice. Well, I got lucky - been actively using AirBnb since Nov2015 (6 YEARs, numerous rentals) & this house (Mr. Ben) turnedout to be one of top/best 3 (& BTW, the other 2 places (that rivaled Ben) were hugely more expensive, to the tune of 115/day in Calabasas). This Host is an "energizer battery" - everything is done rapidly, courteously, intelligently, & w/guest's best interests in mind; e.g. super.clean/well.maintained, super-available amenities, even tiny details like on the first day I noticed my room's door was making slight sound when closing & after I mentioned it Host WITHIN 30 SECONDs did a couple drops of WD40 (lubricant) & door silenced, or another example I mentioned to him slight humming sound from another room after midnight, NOT a big deal esp considering I have a rare good/"musical" hearing (can hear extremely faint sounds, majority of people can't), and guess what? - next day host removed fan from that(other) room & no more sound, another example - driveway was available (tho I ended up liking to park on the street, in front of house anyway) to the point that host (Ben) risked getting a ticket for his 2nd car, which typically sat on one of the 2 available spots on driveway as its Registration was expired (not in use) by moving it onto street to release driveway space for the guest - I was so imrpessed (it's a host's sacrifice to maximize convenience for guest) !
Another example - normally Iam the guy who's "never home", a workaholic & love what I do (design engineer, biz, etc 24/7 access to worksite), but this December2021 was a dramatic difference, not only didn't have much todo away from home, but also strange periodic rains & unusually cold weather set in late December2021 & I was hanging inside house WAYY TYOO MUCH, & used (giant) kitchen almost everyday - nobody complained, I did too many laundries, in fact host's family & his Mom & girlfriend tried to feed me free food & otherwise make you feel like it's a dormitory and everybody looking/acting way younger than their ages. Mr.Ben is a high-energy, "Customer Service"-oriented type of a host, i.e. puts guest's interests before his own. He's also an uncommonly smart Host, I can tell from many years experience on AirBnb - Ben is one of the best in terms of being so attuned towards guest's benefit.
Another example, NewYears eve was a blockbuster - I've rarily seen so much from a host before, extraordinarily easy to deal with.
To conclude: money well spent.
AS SUCH, I changed my heart & marked this house/rental as pure success & a place to rent again if happen to be in that area/suburbs of Los Angeles. 5 stars out of 5... actually wish could give him 6 stars !