Dorothy's place is AMAZINGLY AWESOME I can't rate it high enough!! This is our 4th airbnb in the Los Angeles area and by far the best. We stayed for 5 weeks and were very sad to leave.
1. Location - I didn't fully look at where the apartment was before I booked and was delighted when we arrived it really is in the heart of Hollywood 100m from the walk of fame and less than 5 minutes to the Kodak theatre. If you were to drive from somewhere else in LA you'd park further away than this apartment is. I was worried about the noise as I'm a light sleeper but amazingly it's on a rarely found quiet street and we never heard any street noise to keep us awake. You get to be right in the thick of it when you walk to Hollywood Blvd which is often closed for parades and film premieres, and when the crowds get too much the street the apartment is on is free of tourists with the occasional rendezvous of a Spiderman/Superman and Wonderwoman who come to have their breaks out the front. You can walk to bars/restaurants/cinemas/pantages pretty much anywhere is a short walk. It's a 20min walk to the Arclight cinema and the awesome places around sunset and vine.
2. Apartment itself - Dorothy's place is better than the pictures. It was immaculately clean and well kept. The kitchen is well stocked if you like to cook like me. Having it's own washer/dryer was fantastic too as we were there for a while. It was comfortable and clean and we didn't find ourselves needing anything that she didn't provide. The best part of the place which I just couldn't get enough of was the balcony with a table setting that allowed you to sit out and enjoy the peace overlooking Hollywood (including a glimpse of the sign) and watch the goings on below. Lots of people watching to enjoy as Hollywood hosts a range of characters. We ate dinner out there every night.
3. The building - the staff at the building were super nice and looked after us well whenever we had any issues. Its got a great vibe with friends and families hanging out by the pool most days (the pool is great and nice to have cabanas by the pool too for a bit of shade) there's a nice vacation hang out vibe without getting too messy party.
If I had to really push to find something to complain about it not being perfect it's that I like a dark room to sleep in in the morning and the sun comes streaming in the morning but literally i can't think of anything else to complain about. I will DEFINITELY be requesting to stay at Dorothy's place again if it's available on my next LA trip.