Cottages Of Los Angeles

This is a great environment for any stay. I’ve been able to experience the cottages on numerous occasions and it is an idealistic place to stay. Every time I am there, I am amazed by the peaceful and quiet environment the courtyard offers. It is also a short walk to a wide variety of stores, restaurants, and entertainment.
The suites consist of a bedroom, living room, full kitchen, and bathroom with tub and shower. They are really clean, nicely decorated, and they give off a home-​type vibe. From my experience, there is no comparison to this place and a regular extended stay. The manager was very easy to reach and quick to respond to any question or need.

My partner and I have been staying in the Cottages for nearly three month and are in the process of leaving to our new home. We had planned to write a review of The Cottages LA and this wonderful place when we left, but read this review by R. Barrington today and decided to write it today. I’m sorry that this man felt that his experience was so horrible as ours has completely been the opposite. Our stay has been nothing more than magical and thanks to Nuel and her staff, including Chris they have made it nearly perfect. Now I have to wonder if someone’s experience was so bad why he stayed here for nearly three months right next door to us. I would have left. I think that it is more likely that Mr. Barrington parked illegally behind the building which we ourselves were told from the first day that all the spaces were paid for and there was no parking in the rear of the building, all cars parked illegally would be towed, parking is on the street and easy to find. Anyway it is sad that he thinks his experience was so bad, but let me tell you about our stay. The cottages are really beautiful and decorated as though you stepped right into a decorating magazine, each one is individual and incredibly comfortable. The grounds are charming and we could spend all day sitting in the courtyard reading or having a glass of wine while watching the birds play in the birdbath and the squirrels scampering about. Nuel has a lovely collection of outdoor art on display all around the manicured yard. We did have to pay our rent 7 days prior to the first of the month but that was agreed upon in advance. I can assure anyone who visits that your experience at the cottages will be more like ours and A. Thomas’s than it will be like Mr. Barrington. We did a lot of research finding this place before we arrived from Costa Rica and found it to be the best value and a perfect location for us. I Hoppe that when people look at reviews they look at all the reviews and toss out the ones of people who just sound angry. Keep up the good work Nuel and we will refer everyone who plans to come to LA to you.
Brian and MArc

I had a similar experience with the owner Nuel. She’s a rude and inconsiderate, vile woman who thinks that she can treat her tenants with disrespect. After a long night of moving my stuff into my unit, I couldn’t find parking on the street so I parked my moving van in a spot behind the property that was vacant. I made sure that I wasn’t blocking any of the other tenant’s cars. However, the next morning I woke up early about 6am to complete my move and I was shocked to see that my van was gone.
I knew immediately that she had towed the van, without even knocking on my door or attempting to determine if it was my van. There are only 20 units on the property and I was told that I was the only one moving in that night, but she made no attempt to alert me before towing my van.
Needless to say, I was incensed! I had to catch an Über to go retrieve my van and had to deal with a shady and rude tow company that charged me more than they quoted on the phone. While dealing with the tow company, Nuel was harassing by text and phone, claiming that I was responsible for the tow and began to mock me and hang up the phone on me several times.
I was in need of a place to live and I tried to just avoid Nuel and her dunce assistant Chris, but she entered my property twice w/​o my permission, would not open my door one night after I misplaced my key, made me pay the next month’s rent 7 days in advance of the first and hung up the phone on me several times.
I agree with the other review, AVOID this lady at all cost!

This is my first time in Los Angeles. Ms. Nuel the proprietor of Cottages of Los Angeles is an amazing owner of an extraordinarily comfortable inn! The neighborhood where we stayed was quite comfortable and nice compared to some of the other parts of town I’ve been through and Ms. Nuel was extremely helpful in letting me know where was safe and where was less then desirable to go.
She went above and beyond to accommodate my every need!
I give these cottages five stars for the level of cleanliness, the amazing atmosphere, and the excellent service all at an affordable price! I would indeed recommend anyone and everyone to stay here! much better then the Hilton or any other so called «five star hotel» I’ve ever been to where they treat you as only a source of income! Ms. Nuel made me feel both like family and like I was truly at home in a City where I knew no one and I will defiantly stay at her Cottages when I come beck to LA assuming they are available!
the one and only drawback I felt I had; and it was not at all in the control of Ms. Nuel– was the parking in LA is at times difficult to find. Even with this Nuel helped recommend areas where I might find a spot and she saved me from an $ 80 fine due to LA’s «Street Cleaning Days» where you can’t park on certain roads!
Thank you Ms. Nuel for making my LA experience a wonderful one! I will be back!

I strongly urge you to avoid this place at all cost. My husband and I booked a cottage three months in advance. When we arrived in Los Angeles we were told that the room was not available for another day. We had to spend our first night in a hotel at the last minute.
When I said something to the woman in charge I was treated with a cold and rude response and told that «the room was being prepared and that should be good enough so stop complaining». No apology or explanation. No offer to refund us for the lost night and the cost of the hotel.
After getting through all of that and settling in for our stay, my husband woke and I up the next morning to a loud banging sound. He went outside to check it out and found the woman and a workman doing some work on another cottage. My husband complained and was told that the work would be over soon. By then we were both up and it was beyond us going back to sleep. We headed out for breakfast to get away from the noise.
The rest of our stay we had very little contact with Nuel. We basically avoided her and she barely spoke to us. We felt uncomfortable and out of place for the entire stay. It was probably the worst vacation we have taken in years.
The place itself is cute and we had no complaints about the location as it was convenient to the friends we were there to visit. But the service was without question one of our worst experiences ever. And this is coming from two pretty laid-​back and flexible folks.
For the cost, you can do far better than this place. Good luck.