We stayed at Darrell and Bev's place for 3 nights at the start of our holiday and couldn't have wished for a better place or nicer hosts. Darrell was kind enough to show us some potential eateries nearby on our first evening in town, when we were severely jet lagged with addled brains and in need of some friendly advice.

The place was very cosy and quiet and the charmingly decorated garden was great to sit out in of an evening, perfect when we just wanted a quiet night in to recover from Universal with some nice nibbles and a bottle of wine. On the occasions we did stay in, we had some fun and interesting chats with Bev, who also had some great ideas about what to do and where to go.

This was the perfect base from which to explore LA, with everything we wanted to do close and convenient to get to. We had to leave our faithful dog behind having her own little holiday in Devon, so it was lovely to be greeted by Sheeba each time we returned home... and that sums it up really... If you on occasion, absent mindedly refer to a place as home, then that's a good sign that you've found a great place to stay.