Sara and Steve's place is great. It's walking distance to Figueroa and it's stretch of restaurants and stores, which is rare in LA. They seem to be very nice people, and kept themselves very much to themselves during my stay. Matt the flatmate is also lovely. The dogs are a highlight. I personally found the traffic noise from the street an issue, but I'm sensitive to that, and they do have a white noise machine and I found with earplugs it was fine. Would recommend and stay again. The house is fun, and relaxed in a bohemian way. For the price I don't think you could do better in East LA.