Tomoko's Airbnb is as described. It is very pleasant and cosy. We found the bed very comfortable, and the wifi was fast. There is also a TV in the room, plenty of towels/linen available, toiletries, access to hair dryer also.
You are staying with Tomoko's father, who we saw only once. He is very quiet and we didn't even hear him during our stay. The room has a private, connected small bathroom with good shower water pressure.
You have use of the Simon area and kitchen, and there is a nice, shared balcony area. Parking is on the street, can be difficult during busy times but we didn't have any issues. There is an alley that has direct access to the room that you can temporarily park in to bring in your luggage first before finding a park.
It is close to the beach, and walking distance to Santa Monica pier and many restaurants and shopping.
We needed to do some laundry, and Tomoko very kindly offered to do it. However we couldn't ask that of Tomoko. We found a laundry service called 'Bubbles Laundry' a very short drive or Uber away, where we dropped off 15kg of laundry, and picked it up clean and folded the next day for less than US$20 - they were great!
Tomoko has great communication, and relied very quickly. We had no issues and had a great stay!