My guests and I were very disappointed with our stay. Although Alex appeared to be a courteous host at first, the way he mishandled the misrepresentation of his listing was disappointing. He changed his listing once we confronted him about the inaccuracy. He didn’t acknowledge it nor apologize but proceeded as if it was always accurate. He attempted to remedy it by offering an air mattress and that’s only after we made a claim with the Airbnb team. Once we further reviewed the property, we discovered the sheets were stained, and once removed the sheets we found some disturbing stains on the actual mattress. At this point we just wanted to get another place but we’re invested and endured this grossed out feeling and decided to wash the sheets. Additionally, he proceeded to falsely accuse us having more people in our guest party than listed and we clearly communicated both in our text thread and from our original booking date. **Some unusual things to note, we had to dig in the dirt for the access keys to the property. Later, we found it was illegal to have shorty term rentals/Airbnb the property. We took a picture in case we needed it for documentation. Here is some advice for your peace of mind, if you do book, take before pics once you check in. It is the best insurance against his misrepresentation. He will also use a fear tactic of his camera footage.
Book at your own risk. The only highlight is that Santa Monica is beautiful and that is a place, fortunately, Alex is not in charge of hosting.