We rented the apartment at late notice for 5 weeks during July/August. It is the owners own home. It is comfortable and spacious and homely. It is set out over 2 floors and feel like a house. It is elegantly furnished with antiques and collectables. It was nice and clean and the owner arranged for their own cleaner to come in once a week. ( This is an extra) It has views to Temescal Canyon. It has a cooks kitchen with lots of interesting cooking utensils. I was concerned that it might be noisy as it was on Sunset but it was at the very back of the building and not noisy at all.The building itself is a bit unusual in the fact that it doesn't have a main entrance and you enter through the car park and is probably of early 70's design. The best thing is that it is in a fabulous location right in the centre of the Palisades and great for easy walking distance to the all the shops and a 5 minutes drive to the beach. You could also walk to Temescal- but we preferred to do the 5 minute drive.We enjoyed ourselves at the Sunday Farmers market and spent time mooching about hitting the frozen yogurt shop, Starbucks and Gelsons. The outside space is a bit limited to 2 small terraces but there is a pool and a pool area. It is clean but it is a bit concrete in design and overlooked by the other apartments. I would recommend this as a great holiday choice to stay in Los Angeles if you want to dip in now and again but not be right in the heart of LA.