The place by itself is modern and appealing. centrally located to zoo and balboa park and some of the great restaurants. But would not recommend for a family. it is beautiful for couples. Jeff is a great host and responds to messages in an hr. Some of the things that could improve are:
1. the airbnb add states 4 ppl can stay at this place but the sofa just turns to single bed size futon, so a 6 feet guy can never sleep, may be 2 kids can fit, but difficult. if i saw the flat bed picture i would not have rented this place. it was very difficult to adjust in that bed for 5 days.
2. the place doesn't have cleaning supply like a broom or a vacuum so if your kids drop anything either it just lies there or u clean with tissues over tissue.
3. the ad states its fully air conditioner place, but the ac is only in the living room, there is no fan or ac in the main bedroom, so it became very difficult to sleep in the night with no air circulation for 2 days (but jeff was kind enough to drop of a new fan for us) but this should have been on the ad and i would have preferred another place.
4.since it's newly renovated, it has wierd smell from the kitchen cabinets and the paint.
5.the parking says on street, but its literally a walk to next street and with kids including an infant it was an hassle and this house is next to a liquor selling store so anytime we park our cars to just unload with the blinkers on, the owner of the liquor store would come and keep telling we cant park here (we know that, that's why my blinkers are on to tell that i will unload and leave) it started to get annoying everyday.
all in all the place is great and Jeff is an awesome host, but not just right for a family of more than 3 people.