Overall would definitely stay here again, it's a great set up for longer term rentals (I stayed for a month).
Pros:
- Very large space, lots of room for working remotely
- A/C worked great during heat wave (only in the living room, there's a ceiling fan in the bedroom and a portable A/C for really hot days, but it's missing an exhaust pipe so you'd have to point the heat pump out of the bedroom door.
-kitchen is newly renovated, great appliances and relatively well stocked with pots/pans.
-awesome location, can walk to a bunch of great bars on Santa Monica, restaurants, and Trader Joe's/Target.
-Wifi seems to work well overall, a few times it went out during the crazy heat wave.
Cons:
-Wasn't super clean when I checked-in, think dust clots on floors and smudges on mirrors. Minor inconvenience.
-Furnishing was for the most part pretty cheap IKEA quality and lots of wear/tear. For example: the desk chair was falling apart, there's a motorized standing desk that's missing the power plug so you can't actually move it up to be a usable height.
-A bunch of random stuff is left in the apt (like a bag of old shoes in the closet and old stained linen stored in boxes). Also, things like missing lights, lack of add'l clean linen, and no basics like extra trash bags (I left a bunch in the apt for future tenants) or any bath products were small annoyances.
-Also there's a laundry machine covered up in a corner of the living room, but we can't use it and have to use the old ones near the garage that require quarters. Speaking of garage, there seems to be spots for every unit but you have to use the guest passes and park on the street instead (street cleaning every Mon/Tue was annoying).
- This wasn't an issue for me, but I think the host is actually in Australia full-time. If anything happened in the apartment, could've been very inconvenient with the distance and time difference.
With just a little more effort and investment, this Airbnb could be amazing. But David was nice enough and it was still a comfortable experience.