Pros: The host is amazing and responded quickly to any needs I had. The laundry was a great added feature and being able to have a full stove, oven, and refrigerator was super helpful for my 2 month stay. Place was open and I was able to have my family stay for one night.
Cons: I ended up buying a new shower curtain for the bathtub/shower combo as well as some baking pans (both of which were left at the Airbnb for future guests). Since I was staying for 2 months, I ordered a meal delivery service, which occasionally required baking pans, and the shower curtain that was in the shower originally was covered in soap scum and I was uncomfortable with that touching me in the shower. Multiple times both the bathroom and kitchen sick would clog and fill up, and I had to purchase multiple bottles of drain cleaner to try to clear the clog. Another kitchen related con, was that the dishes and utensils were covered in grease and oil which I had to wash off before using any of the dishes. The comforter in the bedroom was ripped at the bottom, and the sheet was bleached in one spot, this did not affect their use though. The sofas in the front room had some stains on them and one of the windows out to the patio area was cracked with a small hole in it. Though I did not use the dish tv, the satellite for the tv was haphazardly dangling out of the window in the front room and the tv would constantly glitch when watching live tv.
Cons that were out of the control of the host: The neighbors in the same building had children who would constantly be running and screaming back and forth in the mornings and late at night which made it hard to sleep some nights. There is also no privacy because a family lives in the building and owns the yard around the building, which meant that the curtains in the Airbnb had to remain closed most of the time I was there. A few times I saw the family walking past the patio area and in front of the door to the Airbnb which made it hard to get any sunlight into the house. The neighborhood wasn't terrible but it should be noted that a few streets over are some large homeless encampments on the sidewalk. Also, though you receive a parking permit for the street that the Airbnb is on, there was rarely ever parking on that small section of road, and even with the parking permit your car has to be moved on certain days of the week, the street signs about this are hard to understand, which resulted in me receiving a parking ticket, costing $70.
Though there were a lot of cons, the space worked for what I needed it for and was a fairly comfortable stay for the two months I was there. P.S. without a car, I was able to walk to places that were about an hour away, but would not recommend walking long distances in LA, especially if you would need to walk them at night, as street lighting is almost non-existent in LA. I would recommend renting a car if staying here, or be willing to grab a bus pass or take ride-shares to further locations.