I would very highly suggest looking elsewhere and not staying at this property. Upon arrival the unit was filthy dirty. Food dried to the floor and kitchen appliances, the inside of the refrigerator and inside of microwave had food spilled in them, chips (with no packaging) on the shelves in the kitchen, dust everywhere, paint chipping off the walls and doors, dirty furniture, mold in the bathroom in several spots. Dirt coming in through the bottom of the outside doors, which was eventually fixed.
The pictures shown for this listing make the unit look a great deal better than it actually is. Almost like a filter was placed on each photo. The wood floors are completely covered in scratches and dirty. Some of the furniture shown is not there and the furniture that is there is covered in stains and dirty, the couch is torn up with holes. The kitchen was very poorly stocked. There was no smoke detector nor dishwasher which he advertised on his listing. However a smoke detector was installed after I brought it up. Also right outside Unit 814 I found glass, screws, nails, a fork, and trash.
There were countless things that needed fixed when I got there and Amir was reluctant to have the majority of them fixed but eventually did. Some examples of this were when I sent him pictures of mold in several spots in the bathroom and showed him where a wall in kitchen was cracking/soft/sinking in and he told me that he has people check for mold once a year so there was no mold. I explained to him that having two doors that lock on each side of the unit and not having a key to these doors was unsafe since anyone is able to lock these doors and if someone did that I would not be able to get to my unit, his response was that “no one will lock them”. I told him and showed him pictures of how dirty the unit was and he told me “professional cleaners” had cleaned it. Basically Amir was not a good host and always had an excuse rather than taking ownership.
Additionally there was rarely any close parking on the street. I attempted parking in the church parking lot right next to the back side of the property after searching for street parking for over 25 minutes and was told by church staff that no one at Amir’s property allowed to park there.
Overall the location in Pacific Palisades is nice, you are close to the beach and close to hiking trails as well as only a short walk or car ride to grocery stores and restaurants. However I do not believe staying at this property is worth it. Not only due to the false advertisement and it being extremely unkept but because of the host himself and his reluctance to do his job. This was by far my worst Airbnb experience.