The building and the condo are beautiful on the inside but this building is right smack in the middle of the hood. I grew up poor so it wasn't a big deal to me but others in my party were a bit worried about the surroundings. Just do a google map street view to know what your getting into. I mean the location in proximity to downtown, Hollywood, and the beach are great but everything immediately surrounding the building is pretty suspect. I knew that going in. The main problem I had with this rental was that the gates kept breaking and it would take us forever to be able to even leave the tiny parking lot where we had to park lined up vertically instead of horizontally. So the parking is a big issue and the surroundings are suspect but I gave it 3 stars despite our problems with the parking because the condo is really nice itself.