We enjoyed the location across the street from the water and having the sun stream in the front windows in the morning. It was nice having a front patio where we could sit and eat breakfast and watch the goings on on the water and street. It is also located within easy walking distance of trendy restaurants and is a five-minute drive to a small Vons grocery store (you could not walk there). When we arrived, we had thought parking would be a problem, since it was on the street and the street looked full of cars. But, we rarely had trouble finding a place to park. It was nice having a grill outside.
Do not park in the alley behind the place for ANY length of time. We had a lot of items to remove from the car and parked behind the unit long enough to do that. By the time we had finished our last trip into the apartment and returned to the car to move it back to the street, a police car had pulled up behind our car. We returned just in time to not receive a ticket.
However, we were disappointed in a few areas. The bike tires were flat, and the laundry room key was missing, so we had to drive to a laundromat to do our laundry. The closet doors in the bedrooms and the screen door on the sliding door on the front were off their tracks and did not work. Additionally, the screening on the screen door is beginning to tear and come loose in places. The lights in the living room and kitchen are day-glow white; when you turn them on, you feel as if you are in a hospital operating room; it is a very sterile, uninviting atmosphere. We brought this to the attention of the owner, saying we had not expected this type of lighting. Her response was to use one of floor or table lamps; however, there are no floor or table lamps in the living room (or kitchen); so, we finally asked a relative who lives in the area to bring us a floor lamp so that we could have more subdued lighting.
We wanted to close the blinds in the living room after dark so that we weren't on public display (especially before we got the floor lamp and were sitting in the hospital operating room lighting), but they do not close. The curtain rod is too large to slide the drapes across. We brought this to the attention of the person who was sent to help us locate the laundry room key, and he couldn't get them to work either. So, they are basically just decorative.
The lighting in the bedrooms is adequate, but that is all.
There is a propane-fueled fire pit on the front patio, but it ran out or propane. When we asked the maintenance person about it, he said he didn't know anything about the propane; so that became unusable.
The bathroom has no ventilation. There is a window in there, but we couldn't get it to open, and there does not seem to be an exhaust fan.
The interior is clearly old and has been spruced up with new bathroom and kitchen cabinets; the walls and shower tiles have been painted white to make it look more up-to-date and modern, but it still as some features that could use improvement, such as the closet doors and screen door and bathroom window.
If you are looking for location, it is nice. It is adequate. But, it is also lacking in several ways. It needs to be slightly better taken care of.