In many ways this property was just what I was looking for. I would be in LA for a week, attending an event at the LA Convention Center. I wanted a small one bedroom with kitchen, near shops, and close enough to walk to the LACC.
The apartment was very large and really clean when I arrived, with newish kitchen amenities. They got the big stuff right with a clean and new refridgerator, stove, dishwasher and washing machine & dryer. But they got the small stuff wrong: few plates, silverware, pots & pans, broken wine bottle opener, and no toaster oven.
I arrived on a Saturday and that night loud music played until 3-4 am. As a New Yorker I’m used to lots of background noise so I wasn’t too bothered. They next night someone was playing gospel music until 3-4 am as well. I could never figure out if the music was coming from the street or a neighbor. The music was more modest during the rest of my stay and the white noise app on my phone let me sleep.
Despite plans to stay a week the apartment only had one small hotel style bar or soap, two small hotel shampoos and two garbage bags. After several days I requested a restock of these items. Toby and others were very quick to respond and promised to drop them off the next morning but days later they never arrived.
Small thing: for an apartment this size there is virtually no natural light. The bedroom overlooks the busy Broadway street and has a pretty dirty large industrial window. There is also a sliding glass door by the front door but it opens onto a small patio, four floors from the sunlight.
Finally, there is a cannabis retail store immediately next to the apartment building. They have security and staff positioned on the sidewalk to apparently check ID of customers. Since downtown LA is full of homeless people I became more and
More thankful these security people were right outside my front door keeping an eye on things. They were really very polite, professional and courteous.