This is a very well located and spacious place. We stayed there for almost 20 days, so we got some pros and cons to share.
Pros:
- very spacious, with a big closet
- well-equipped kitchen for a small place (air fryer, crockpot, microwave, etc)
- we absolutely LOVE Alhambra, everything is really close even walking (a lot of supermarkets, restaurants, Five Below, Ross, McDonald's, Chipotle, etc)
Cons:
- The first day we got there we had a rented car and we placed the parking permit on the dashboard since it didn't stick to the windshield, so we got a parking violation ticket during the night ($58) even with the permit really close to the windshield. The next day we noticed on the permit that you have to remove some paper stripes to stick it to the windshield.
- We had a first reservation for 9 days and then we made a new reservation for 9 more days. We warned Andrew (the host) that we made a new reservation because we wanted to use a different credit card but he didn't need to send the housekeeper on the “check out” day, he answered that it was fine (on the 12th). When the 19th arrived (the day we supposedly were "leaving" to reenter on the same day) he sent the default message about checking out and about checking in (with the door code, wifi info, etc) and I contact him again (way before the "check out" time) remembering that we were staying there for 9 more days so he didn't need to send the housekeeper because all our stuff was there. He didn't answered me. Then I sent him a text message saying the same thing. He didn't answered me. Well, as I had warned him before about it and he said it was ok, I didn't worry about it. So when was around 3:30pm (that is AFTER the new check in time, ok?) my husband was changing his clothes and I was taking a shower (and the shower is open to the room, "inside" the kitchen, not in the restroom - another con) and then suddenly someone opens the door that divides the rooms (another con - there is another Airbnb next to you so it has a double door between the 2 but it's weird because there is no visible lock so it seems that the door can be open anytime AS IT HAPPENED). Anyway, the housekeeper suddenly enters our room between this "middle" door, my husband in his underwear, me taking a shower, then the guy just stops, stares at him for some time, and then says "isn't your check out time?", my husband is like ''of course not" and then the guy just close this door and leaves, not saying sorry or anything. We immediately call Andrew, explaining the situation because: 1. if we weren't there, what could happen? 2. why he entered the room through the middle door, not knocking on the front door? 3. why he entered the room PAST the new check in time? 4. what if it was just me taking a shower and my husband wasn't there? Anyway, Andrew was kind of vague about it, saying that everytime there's a check out he sends the housekeeper (notice that I warned him 3 times before about not wanting it) and basically didn't apologize about it. Later I sent him a message again, explaining everything about the seriousness of the situation, and he didn't even answer it. Since then we felt kind of insecure about that middle door and having the possibility of someone just walking inside our room. Nothing happened since then (that we know) and this didn't ruined our general experience but I think Andrew didn't handle the situation so well.
Anyway, I believe we had an unfortunate situation and it isn't something that could happen frequently, but we wanted to share it.