I’m honestly quite disappointed regarding my stay here. To begin, within the first hour of being in the Airbnb, I saw a cockroach in the shower, and the main bathroom smelled like cat pee. In fact, both bathrooms smelled strangely, and I’m honestly not sure they were properly cleaned.
Other surfaces also did not seem clean, such as the coffee table in the living room, on which we found a random dime (?).
Other things were very lacking in the apartment as well. There were no kitchen towels, the bed was as stiff as a board, the bathroom towels were of a poor quality, and the neighbors were blasting loud music and doing construction next door beginning around 10am two of our days there.
The apartment itself is poorly made, and I got the sense that the owner of this Airbnb is just trying to make a quick buck without providing a decent experience for his guests. There’s also false advertisement in the listing, as it is claimed that the washing machine is free, but it is not. There’s a picture claiming that cleanliness is the absolute priority of the owner, but that’s obviously not the case.
While this didn’t matter to me at the time because I checked in a lot later in the day, the owner didn’t inform me of the check-in info on time. He was supposed to tell me at 3:00 and he told me at 3:40. One minor thing in a long list of details, but it is unprofessional nonetheless and could cause problems for another guest.
I don’t recommend staying at this Airbnb if you don’t have a car. It’s extremely far away from Dt LA and other popular areas. We didn’t stay in the neighborhood very often as we essentially treated it only as a place to sleep, so can’t speak to the quality of it, but many locals indicated it wasn’t a great area. It’s true that East LA does not have a great reputation, and I feel that those who book in this area, especially if they’re not American, should be informed of this for safety reasons.
We chose this Airbnb for the cheaper price, it is true, so I certainly didn’t expect a 5 star experience, but I also expected better than this. Just book a hotel and pay a few extra bucks to be closer to more popular areas, this Airbnb is not worth the cost whatsoever.