I had actually booked the host's other listing next door for a little over a month and began my stay there, but was moved to this one just after arriving because when I started using the water, the downstairs neighbors complained of leaks from their ceiling. It was lucky that I was able to move just next door, but I wish there had been better maintenance/upkeep on fixtures in the unit. Even in this unit where I was moved to, whenever the hot water was used, the hot water heater would make loud banging noises for quite a while thereafter, which is not something I've experienced in any other place I've lived. The washing machine also stopped mid-cycle when set to hot water, and both sinks, the tub, and the shower spouts left something to be desired.
When I got to this unit, it appeared superficially clean, but actually living there showed that was not quite the case. Opening the cabinets showed they clearly hadn't been touched in quite a while. The pantry had quite a bit of open food that had been sitting there for I'm-not-sure-how-long. Walking on the kitchen floor barefoot left the bottoms of my feet covered in grime. Many of the dishes in the kitchen cabinets had a layer of film on them. And it probably wasn't a good idea to look behind the doors, where the walls met the floors, or under the bed.
The windows and doors leak quite a bit of heat and sound, which is unfortunate if you're there during the coldest time of year as I was. It seemed that the heating system could maintain at most about a 30 degree difference between inside and outside, which is probably fine most of the year, but wasn't great when the outdoor temperatures reached near-freezing. Before booking, I'd seen that a couple of previous reviewers had noted that the walls were thin, but I hadn't grasped the extent to which this would be true. When lying in bed trying to go to sleep, I could hear the neighbor's snores crystal clear. And when there was bedroom intimacy going on in the neighbor's unit, I could tell exactly how much each person was enjoying the experience.
Street parking was fine most of the time, except over holidays and long weekends when it seemed like some of the neighbors were having parties and street parking filled up. Even then though, it was possible to find parking less than a 5-minute-walk away. The building does appear to have garage and driveway space for each unit, but this didn't seem to be available to guests.
On the plus side, most of the furniture seemed relatively new, and the desk by the windows was a great place to set up as an office with plenty of natural light. The location is great—basically everything you need within walking distance, and it's also close to the freeways to get anywhere else around LA.