Anyone considering renting this room should be aware that the pictures in the listing deliberately exaggerate the size of the room. In actuality, the room is very cramped and small. The door in one of the pictures was hastily boarded up and painted over. The shared kitchen supposedly included with the room is *not* connected to the rental room whatsoever and is in a completely separate building. Aside from the TV installed in the room, the “amenities” included were the definition of basic. The bed was uncomfortable and the bedsheets were thin. The sliding glass door for the room had no handle from the inside and was difficult to move and shut completely. The floors were dirty and the bottom of my feet were dusty and brown every time I walked on the floors without shoes and/or socks. The security features of the room are practically nonexistent; the only protections from intruders are a gate code for the fence and a flimsy lock for the actual sliding glass door to the room. As someone who had never been to the area before, this made me pretty uncomfortable. The address on the listing is also *NOT ACCURATE*. Also, on the morning of my check-in day, I was sent a completely different address for the room then was listed, which felt very suspicious and like I was being deliberately misled about the room’s location.
Bottom line, anyone considering this room should be aware that it is *small* and *basic* and, functionally, nothing more than a patio room looking out to someone’s backyard. The only real positive is the price: $71 a night for a room in LA was one of the cheapest options available when I booked. If you’re like me and are only making a quick visit to the area for a few days and intend to only really use the room to sleep at night, it’s *good enough*. Just be aware that you really do get what you pay for. However, if you plan on being in the area for more than a few days or intend on spending any time at all relaxing in the room, I *do not* recommend this listing. I plan on returning to LA in the future, but I won’t be booking this property or with this host again.