Kathy's Lavender Cottage was cute, tastefully decorated and impeccably clean during our 3 nights' visit from August 7-10, 2018. It has a pleasant little patio area immediately outside and is reasonably quiet. It is not too far the Palms and Beverlywood neighborhoods of Los Angeles, where my wife's sisters live. It's a 10-minute walk or 3-minute drive to the Culver City station of the LA Metro Expo Line, which can take you to Santa Monica or downtown LA, and a short drive to the busier part of Culver City, where you would find restaurants, cafes, Trader Joe's, etc.

Kathy was very kind, helpful and responsive. For example, she asked us about things she thought we might need/want, like paper plates (we didn't), and if we wanted her to make coffee for us the morning we left (we did).
The reason we rated four stars rather than a possible five is that we arrived during a hot spell, and the cottage was a bit uncomfortable. Two fans helped, but my wife is pretty sensitive to fan noise, so that remedy was only partly helpful. In my opinion, Kathy and cottage rate at least four and a half stars in cooler weather.