This Airbnb is NOT in Glendale. Turns out it is actually in downtown LA (which is not close at all). For those who are visiting and not familiar with the LA area, this can cause an inconvenience, as it did for us. That being said, the location actually is great with it being walkable distance to areas like Little Toyko, Olvera Street, Grand Central Market, and museums. Again, great location, but not where we expected. We had planned our travel/flights for Glendale, so we had to readjust.
As noted in the listing there is no check-in after 6PM. We had an unexpected change in our schedules so one of us in our party had to arrive the evening earlier than we had booked. The host accepted the change request and was accommodating with a late arrival, which we are thankful for. However, it was a bit sketchy as we had to meet the "greeter" at a random spot behind the apartment building around 11PM in order to get our key fob.
It is obvious that the host is not actively on site, because they seemed surprised that their cleaning person/crew had not reported some of the things that I mentioned were wrong with the apartment. Host was selective in their attentiveness to our responses. For example, we had asked for more toilet paper, but the they never responded to this request. We ended up going to the store and buying it ourselves.
PROS & PERKS
• Pool access
• Downtown LA location
CONS AND ISSUES WE EXPERIENCED
• Central AC completely stopped working during the middle of our stay and started dripping on the floor. Host seemed to think that we had messed with the Nest thermostat, but we did not touch it at all until we had to troubleshoot when the AC stopped working. It seemed to conveniently kick back on during the last day of our stay, which honestly makes me a little skeptical. Temperatures during our stay was in mid-high 80s so this kinda sucked
• There was a false alarm/building-wide evacuation message that went off around 10:30PM on one nights. This is not the Airbnb/host’s fault (it was just not fun to deal with)
• Wifi info that was provided is inaccurate. We had to look on the modem for the network info and PW
• Soap dispenser in the kitchen is broken
• The drawer part of the washer (where you put the detergent) is broken off
• Smoke detector was annoyingly beeping and needed a new battery upon arrival. We had to haphazardly stand on a couple of stacked chairs in order to reach it on the ceiling
• There is a hole in the back of the couch (it works fine to sleep on, just some feedback on aesthetics)
• We did not need parking, but FYI parking is not free (as listed under amenities)
• There is no keurig or espresso machine (as listed under amenities)