This place was good not great. It suits an early riser or someone on a business trip much much better than a night owl or someone who just likes to sleep in.

2.5 stars (out of 5)

Pros:
- The master bedroom mattress is extremely comfortable.
- The master bathroom is adequate, and the hall bathroom has an awesome tub/shower combo.
- The apartment was clean and looked exactly like the pictures.
- The community feels very safe and secluded.

Cons:
- Considering the hosts are ranked as Super Hosts, I thought their communication would be fantastic. This was not the case at all. I contacted them multiple times leading up to the trip, and they waited until midnight the night before our flight to LA to email us their welcoming guide with instructions regarding the apartment. I was contemplating calling Airbnb before this for fear that we might not actually have a place to stay once arriving. After that, we received very minimal communication with the hosts.
- Every footstep from upstairs echoes...so, when the hosts' 4 year old son gets up and begins playing around 7-8am, you will hear all the running and jumping.
- My mother and I were casually talking at a normal volume in the back bedroom one night, and the hosts messaged us asking that we move to another room to talk as they had an early morning. So, don't plan on making much, if any, noise past midnight.
- The living room furniture was very uncomfortable to the point that it hurt my mother's back.
- The wifi is spotty in places and not very fast.
- Street parking is not at all plentiful as the listing described. You have to park up a very steep hill and if you return after 6pm, the spaces available won't be very close and won't be easy to park in.

Overall, this place was okay. It didn't fit our style of living. I'm sure someone with a schedule that ran earlier would fair much better. But, I definitely would not recommend this place for someone going off on vacation. It did not feel at all like a warm and welcoming home as many past reviews had mentioned. We felt more like we were disrupting them each evening we were there even though we had paid to stay there.

(Note: The hosts also have a studio apartment listed on Airbnb that is adjoined to the 1st floor of the house which might be far, far better as it is not located directly beneath the hosts.)