I stayed for Two months at this listing and have very mixed opinions:
The Good:
- Location: Mid-Whilshire is a fun and central area. By LA standards it is easy to get around. The property is on a semi major road, so you will get some street noise now and again, but it is quite minor.
- The room: The room itself is nice, it has a queen sized bed, dressers, a private bathroom. The host does live in this room most the year, so it does have a lot of her stuff that she will need to access now and again, but that is to be expected.
- Kitchen/Living area: Overall pretty standard stuff, gets the job done, and clean enough.
- Check-in /out: Was accurate and easy.
- Nice roommates: The two men that live there full time are very nice.
The Bad:
- Too many residents: When discussing this room with the host, she stated I would have 1 roommate (this is a 2 bed apartment, so that made sense). This is not the case, I had one roommate in the other room, another roommate living full time on the couch, and the host came quite frequently (about 3 hours a day, every day for the first few weeks, this eventually did slow down a lot). This would be fine if the host made this clear at the start, and this was reflected in the price. I had no issue with any of those living there, they were quite nice, but I found this listing to be deceptive. Yes the host rents this place, but these types of things really should be communicated especially when the guest asks point blank about it. For the first 2 weeks there was a dog there almost every day as well, this was not that big of an issue for me, but again was different from what the listing said.
- The room: The room in the photos is not the room I was provided. This was not a major issue, but again the hosts listing is not accurate in several ways.
- Shower: The shower drain barely worked from day 1, you should have feet at mid calf by the end of your shower.
-Dish Washer: The dish washer only opens about 25% before it hits the oven. This made cleaning for ones self less than ideal.
- Wifi: I asked directly about WiFi quality when signing this room, I was told it was good. It is not good, it can not handle video calls almost at all. If you rent this room and need to work from home I advise getting a 50FT ethernet cord like I did.
- Communication/host: About halfway through my stay I informed the host about all the issues described above and requested a discount for an inaccurate listing. The host sent me a rather aggressive message that did not address ANY of my concerns, rather the host implied she was entitled to have this many residents (which would be true if she did not claim there was only 1 roommate at the start) . I understand the host has a right to utilize their unit as they please, but that should be communicated in the listing, do not tell guest they will have only 1 other resident there.
Overall: This room gets the job done, it is not bad by any means, but the description is inaccurate in several ways and made me question if the price-point was fair.