The Cool Pad is cool indeed! Our family had a perfect vacation, and staying at the Cool Pad was a wonderful part of that. The place was exactly as represented in the photos. It was very clean and tidy, with all the essentials and some sweet extras in terms of condiments, refreshments, and other hospitality (especially in the kitchen). Elen was a lovely host, with lots of ideas and tips that helped us plan parts of our trip. She was also endlessly indulgent of our two-year-old son, who she always allowed to help her water the garden. We loved the safe, quiet neighbourhood so much that we started looking at real estate! Being able to walk 5 minutes to the cafe and the market was very handy. If there was one tiny quibble, it would be that the off-street parking area was a bit narrow, but we got used to it quickly and it never caused us any inconvenience. It's actually quite representative of the parking available to any home in the area. All in all, I happily recommend the Cool Pad to anyone, and our family plans to stay there again on our next trip to Los Angeles! Thanks for being so good to us, Elen!