2 out of 5 or 4 out of 10
It was a nice place to go back to after running around Los Angeles. It had everything we needed; a roof over our head, a working fridge and air conditioning, running showers, and water. The decorations didn’t make sense too much, everything felt a little too fragile with how old it was. It's all extremely tacky and feels like it hadn't been replaced in over 50 years. Even the stuffed toys had stains caked onto them. The first thing we noticed besides the sand when we came in was the smell. There was this intense lingering “Old Person” smell that never fully went away. There was quite a bit of small house damage that looked like wear and tear. Some of the light switches were installed incorrectly while others were falling apart, the door in one of the closets is jammed, and there was a major issue that I will note in a moment. There was sand and dust all over the floor and even inside the guest bedroom sheets upon arrival. The trash can was already ¾ full on the first day. There was a missing tv remote in the guest room, and also the futon in the other small room was extremely uncomfortable we ended up getting a ton of blankets to try to make it better to sleep on because of a protruding bar through the middle of it. It also doesn't have AC unlike the other rooms. I recommend taking the small bed from the master bedroom and putting it in there instead as it's much more comfortable.
There are the issues in the master bedroom as well. There were 2 issues one minor and one major. The minor issue was the television. There was a long extension cord you had to plug in if you wanted to watch anything, then the remote couldn’t change the input to even find where the fire stick was on. We didn’t try to change it because it required us to stand on the couch. The major issue we had was the AC unit in the master bedroom. We noticed the large white bowl on the ground next to the dresser, telling me that this was already a known issue. This was not mentioned to us. The last night we stayed we noticed the bowl was tainted red, and when we looked up at the unit it was dripping and leaking horribly. It got all over the dresser and our stuff on it. Had we not caught it our clothes would have been stained red and ruined. This one thing made the last night a horrible one. It was extremely dangerous since the drip was right above an outlet and is unacceptable. This could have been a lot worse. Fortunately, we caught it early enough.
Other than that, the stay was comfortable, and we enjoyed much of our visit. The washer and dryer were used more times than expected. So, it was great we were able to use it. The large bathroom was great, it had good pressure and the hair dryer was a nice addition too, but the smaller bathroom is practically unusable and nonexistent being that you can't even open the door all the way and have to squeeze in to use the toilet, plus the shower is so small you can't even lift your arms over your head to wash your hair. The one thing this place has above all else though is the location, it's centrally located in Gardena which is within 50 minutes of DTLA and Long Beach and 20 minutes to LAX or Redondo and is in a nice neighborhood.