Rebecca's place is great for it's value and location. Don't let the surrounding acres of land fool you, it actually adds to the charm. Some great photo ops there if that is what you care about.
Rebecca's home offered a place of respite from the city. The roads leading up to the home made you feel like you were transported to another world, peace and nature right in your backyard. When I woke up in the morning, I meditated outside and it was quite wonderful. I saw so many animals (bunnies, woodpeckers, some type of beautifully blue colored birds, chipmunks, and more). At night, the stars are just as bright. We rented a convertible and had the top down coming from dinner. The experience was probably as close to when we drove in the desert, with the night sky glittering above us.
Her place is also very close to Leo Carrillo, which is a beautiful beach with great caves, less people than the heavily trafficked areas of Santa Monica and most of Malibu, so if that appeals to you, this is the place!
The home itself was very stylish and very cute. We actually ate out most of the time and did not use the toaster. She does have a crockpot, a coffee maker, and a hot water boiler thing. The bed was a little bit uncomfortable for us, but you can't really pick and choose as everyone is different :)
The instructions you need to follow to avoid having ants come look for food is actually pretty simple and not invasive at all. Overall, it might take a few hours to get adjusted to this place with the specific instructions, but the comfortability, homey feeling, and the great hosts make it all worth it. She was also right about the ants, they do get pretty unpredictable warm weather! We ended up having to kill some of the poor fellows because they weren't sure on where to go (we used the spray and it broke their line :( ). There were a few other uninvited small bug guests as well that managed to crawl in, but overall, it really wasn't that much of a nuisance at all. I do recommend spraying the same ant killer concoction they have around and in your car, like forming a spell protection spell haha. I made the mistake of not doing it the last night and we found a bunch of them in our car.
Thank you again Rebecca!!