This place is a fairly good choice if you're looking for something accesible, located in a nice area and close to different points of interest. Here are the pros & cons:
Pros:
-Located in Brentwood, which is fantastic if you're planning to go/move around Santa Monica, Westwood, UCLA, Beverly Hills and relatively close from LAX Airport (20-25 min).
-The hosts are very kind and they have a really good response time in case of any questions.
-The apartment can host up to 6 people and it's really spacious.
-It has 2 parking spots.
-Although the photos in the add are not 100% accurate (different furniture, details with the place, etc), is fairly comfortable.
Cons:
-The washer and dryer are communal (only one of each) and located in a REALLY DIRTY and unattended "laundry room" under the stairs. You have to pay 2 dlls per wash and dry load. Besides being really dirty, I guess some other residents don't care that much about their laundry (we had to knock on doors several times in order to figure who's clothing were left abandoned inside the washer/dryer for HOURS).
-The blinds are not completely blacked out.
-The apartment faces a back ally, so be prepared for homeless walking around day and night, screaming or digging into the garbage containers.
-Most of the furniture in the picture is still at the apartment: there is a different dinning table, chairs, tables, fridge, etc. A bit outdated and slightly dirty but I guess it's ok for a temporary stay.
-The spacious kitchen has appliances, utensils, pots, bowls, glasses, cups, etc but those are also outdated. I would suggest to update many of those things.
-There are details in the apartment: patchy walls, scratches in the walls, damage in some pieces of furniture.
-Old and stained sheets, pillows and mattresses.
-With LA traffic, it will take you at least 1 hour to get to downtown...or anywhere, really.
-Lousy neighbors.
-The most important: even after considering the market in an expensive city as LA, I believe this apartment is way too expensive for what it really offers.
Once again, this was a convenient option for us and we're grateful for having a place to stay for almost 2 months.