Ali and crew are great hosts! The place is very accurate to the listing in a lot of ways, and there was tons of thoughtful gestures in the set up of the place (like make up remover wipes, coffee and other amenities, etc) Felt like staying in a hotel :)
Ali and the other hosts were also really responsive and attentive to any questions I had and are just superb hosts. I really appreciated this support.
The only reasons I didn’t give 5 stars (I would give 4.5 if I could) is because the rules for hosting were a little too much for me. The access and remote / app-based key to get in was confusing to me (but it was my first time being exposed to that option, so I didn’t fully understand when the hosts told me to download an app before arrival. The doormen to the building didn’t have any info on getting into the apartment. Luckily Ali and hosts were responsive even late on a Friday when we got it, so we were able to figure it out after waiting for about 30 minutes, which wasn’t bad at all.
Mostly, it was hard to not be able to have any guests, even a friend I was visiting in town. Because you need to share IDs 24 hrs before check in, she wasn’t able to come over. My cousin who also happened to be in town (but j didn’t know before hand) and couldn’t come over. So not the best place to stay if you like to keep your plans open while visiting / traveling.
Only draw back to the physical space is that the unit also doesn’t have great air circulation and was pretty stuffy even for a large space. We tried using the AC but couldn’t figure it out and couldn’t find any fans. The windows don’t open very much (had a block on the side). If you’re not used to LA smog and heat, it was a little unpleasant, especially at night or end of day. Sounds like a lot, but maybe mentioning that or having a little fan or air purifier could help (and I also didn’t look carefully for this, so my bad if that was there and I didn’t know) Also, even though it looks like separate rooms, there’s gaps at the tops of the walls in between rooms I think except the bathroom, so even with the door shut, you can still hear everything from other rooms. I had some remote work meetings to do while there, and the other guest was watching football in the living room but we could both hear everything even with the door shut to the room. Just something to keep in mind if you’re staying with multiple people.
The ROOFTOP POOL is a the ultimate highlight of staying here though and I would go back if just for that!