I wanted to leave a review so you have a very clear idea of what you’re getting into. This is not someone’s home or vacation space - this is a somewhat ugly apartment building in Hollywood and they’re renting at least one of their floors as Airbnbs or longer term temporary housing. For us, this was temporary housing mostly for my mother in law for four months and then for me (female) and my daughter for a month until the rest of our family moved from Brooklyn. We did know the area since we’ve lived in Los Angeles for 14 years but didn’t have the ability to view the apartment in advance of booking, so I’m writing a review to let you know what you’re getting into because I wish we’d booked in a different place. If I’d know, I’d never have booked it.
First, the good things...it has a comfortable bed and sofa, good a/c, and clean common areas. It’s very close to Runyon Canyon if you like hiking. The hot tub is nice, the pool is freezing and all the apartments look down on it, which feels sketchy in this particular building. The pool was almost never used by anyone but maybe that’s because it was May/June. I will say that this building did not feel super safe for women/children. We saw a lot of men, few solo women...and there are security cameras but nobody monitoring them or security guards, no front desk person after 6... the description made it sound safer. The floor we were on seemed to be entirely Airbnb. It was fairly empty. We barely saw anyone, which made it feel creepier. Outside, especially walking to La Brea and beyond, there’s a pretty active drug scene. Walking in the Fairfax direction is much better. Because anyone can wander in the parking structure when the doors open and they do, this was the scariest place. We felt pretty vulnerable in there (keep in mind, I’ve lived in many areas of Brooklyn and LA and I am very used to homeless people ... this was worse, maybe because of Covid, increased crime and drug use). On top of this, the apartment itself was very under stocked - for two of us, just a few plates and cups, and no strainer, grater, blender, dish towels, dish rack, mixer, garbage can (a mesh one for the kitchen??). The pillows and comforter are worse than a cheap motel, so you’ll want to bring your own. There is no dresser, just shelves. No vacuum. The water from the tap is exceptionally gross...bring water bottles or a Brita because there’s no filter. Finally, this didn’t bug me and it’s easily drown out by the a/c, but there is a lot of street noise including some dude off his meds singing at the top of his lungs every night. Also, there are dogs above that run back and forth. Finally, the bar on the shower door (to open and close it) was broken the entire time we were there and they never fixed it though they were told multiple times. This place was expensive for a one bedroom in this area, so we expected something much better. A big fail.