nice house, nice people, everything is very clean and calm (unless you get some free bbq party and beer, enjoyed it, thanks for setting it up!)
if you got to travel by public transport, plan with a lot more time to get around. the bus systems is pretty bad and slow allover l.a.
if you got your own car, things look different 'cause you can reach everything within 25-35min.
their is not much around the area (within walking distance) so you will need to use bus or car.
allover, nice place to start up in l.a. or if you independent of transport systems even good for holidays.