My wife and I had a wonderful, if not too short, stay in LA/PacPal to visit family. We have been discussing how to review this literally since we checked out after a two-night stay. There's God, not so good, and bad parts of this visit and we want to emphasize anything a potential guest may find important in the future.
I found Li's listing and noted the consistently high ratings and requested a stay. We were greeted by Li's friend/housekeeper and shown our room. Interestingly, and somewhat to our chagrin, we were taken to essentially an undecorated bedroom with a bed on the floor, no headboard, and two cheap plastic tables beside the bed. We were underwhelmed.
Additionally, we were shown our bathroom - which is a "Jack n Jill" shared bathroom. Very small, and dated. I will say right now, that if I could have discerned this prior to booking, we would not have stayed here because of the shared bath (which, in all fairness, never turned out to be an issue from a privacy standpoint) and the pitiful bedroom.
The hot tub was non functioning during our visit.
In addition, the shared kitchen hasn't been updated in (we guess) 30 years or more. The range is very difficulty to light and the microwave is inaccessible - unless you have three arms or a friend to hold the cabinet open when using it.
Also, there's road noise. This home is ON Sunset Blvd. It is likely you will hear it, and depending on what is going on around town - road noise can be loud enough to keep you up at night (as it did for us).
Basically, this home appears to have been fairly neglected for decades, and it shows. Yes, it's exterior is nice and it's not uncomfortable to stay in, but it did not meet our expectations based on the AirBnB photos or descriptions.
On the flip side, if you couldn't care less about the amenities on the inside of your host's home, and you plan on enjoying the deck and/or pool areas, you just may love this home. Pink Man is awesome, BTW.