Steven was very kind to have let us check in earlier than expected. On the other hand, the rest of the day was a disaster. The place isn’t in the best neighborhood and isn’t that local to LA. We got to the parking lot and found someone’s car window glass on the floor from a break in. When we got to the apartment, we had to wait a while for the host to give us instructions because it wasn’t added to the listing. Upon entering, we found the room to be the one room right next to the street—just a glass door and curtains being the barrier for our room. Traffic and people were heard from our room. The room itself is isolated from the rest of the house. It felt like we were dogs being kept in the basement away from society lol. There is no lock on the room door from the rest of the house. It was extremely hot in the room so we asked the host if he had A/C since no one was home. He didn’t reply and I ended up getting hives from the extreme heat. The bathroom was clean but there was no toilet paper or paper towels stocked and had to scavenge for it in a dark closet in the room. You can hear everything from the bottom room..and I mean..everything...talking.......laughing....uhhhhhhhhh.............On the bright side, there IS a nice TV in the room so you can drown out the noises.
This place definitely felt like I had to stay at my distant relative’s house that I had met for the very first time that same day. It felt weird even going upstairs to the kitchen.......like...am i allowed to do this? :/ this is the first poor review that i’ve written on airbnb so I guess it might mean something. If these things don’t bother you and you just need a place to stay then by all means, book it. We were just hoping for something equivalent to the booking we had imagined it to be. Disappointed and very surprised :(