My fiancé and I have spent the last 18 months traveling around the US, working remotely from various airbnbs. In that time, we’ve stayed in 18 different airbnbs, and this is the first time we are writing a negative review.
We’re blown away that this is listed as a Plus Airbnb. The house is not comfortable, there are very few amenities, Estelle was rude, and the location is sub par.
Comfort:
The bed in the master bedroom is tiny—it’s full sized. It slumps in the middle and the pillows fall through the frame. Oh, and the wifi router with bright blue lights that flash during the night? Yeah, it’s placed right next to the bed. We had a pretty horrible month of sleep.
The couch in the living room has no back support, you can’t lean back and watch TV, so we ended up lying on it horizontally. Half of the lights in the house don’t work, and the ones that do buzz very loudly. The kitchen sink is stained and dirty, only the ‘hot’ faucet in the bathroom sink works, and there’s black mold growing in the shower windowsill. Delightful.
Amenities:
When we asked if the second room in the house could be changed from an office into a second bedroom, Estelle told us we’d need to pay an additional fee. There are no spare sheets, there’s no coffee maker (not even a french press). There’s no vaccum or broom or mop to clean during the stay. The washer/dryer is shared with the residents in the back house, and with the host Estelle—who would come by and add her own clothes into the washer (with our clothes/towels!!) without telling us… as if it’s a college dorm laundry room.
Location:
Downtown Highland Park is very fun, but this house is a couple of miles away from it. There’s nothing to do/see/eat within walking distance, and walking around the neighborhood is not pleasant. Every other house has an aggressive dog barking behind a chain link fence. One of the neighbors left a pool of wet white paint in the middle of the street one night, which we drove through by accident in the dark, and it damaged our car.
Overall:
We would highly recommend not staying here, especially for longer than a couple of days. There are so many better places to stay in LA, don’t waste your time or your money with this listing.