Magali’s house is in an affluent neighborhood in LA. We were celebrating our wedding anniversary so we made reservations in Santa Monica and Hollywood areas. Her house is in the middle so we were never more half hour away from where we needed to go. Her neighborhood has a lot of trees and is near a park; we didn’t get to go to the park though.
The neighborhood is pretty quiet. That’s important for me as I’ve been tired from working a lot and I needed to catch up on sleep. We heard dogs barking around noon.
We also chose to get food delivered to our Airbnb. There was no issue finding the place, and there’s so many good food places nearby.
The only thing is that the streets are a bit narrower than what we’re used to. But the neighborhood looked safe enough to park our personal car (not rental) across the house. Please note that the only parking provided is on the street.
Magali’s Airbnb is on the lower level of her house. But the entire lower level is for the Airbnb guests. My husband and I value privacy so we appreciated the set-up that we’re just in and out without a hitch.
The Airbnb is a studio style apartment. The only separation is the bathroom.
Check-in was super easy. She gave us detailed instructions the day(s) before our check-in.
I like how Magali decorated her place. The floors in the main studio are hard wood. My husband are thinking of replacing our upstairs floors to hard wood so this validated my idea, and I was able to sell the idea to my husband. ;) The bath is made of nice tiles, but it’s a little tight for 2 people.
I like that she has many items in the restroom are available for guests to use. I used the body cream because my skin was dry.
In the main studio, she has snacks to welcome us, such as nuts and mini chocolate bars. The mini side kitchen has different k cups (tea & coffee), coffee maker, microwave, mini refrigerator, an electric stovetop, and utensils. Since our stay was only for the weekend, we only got to use the microwave, fridge and utensils. The only thing I wished she has was an ice cube tray so we can put ice in our drinks. But all her stuff in the kitchen is brand new.
The couch was in front of the TV. The couch is clean and is pretty comfy. The TV has Netflix and YouTube so it’s cool to not figure out how to cast stuff from our phone. We can just turn it on, click, and chill.
The bed is comfy. She has many pillows, which I used most of it because I have acid reflux.
The AC unit was good. My husband gets hot easily so he appreciated the AC a lot.
Overall, if we need to do a quick away, we would stay here again. It has everything we needed. Thank you!