Location is nice. The issues found was the front door cylinder needed to be replaced and had real issues unlocking the door from the outside. Was never given a key to the back door until the 4th week of my stay. I had to leave the back door unlocked when I took a walk because I was not sure I could get back into the house. Talk about safety issues and concerns. I spent almost all 5 weeks by myself. Was promised a deadbolt for the front door but that didn’t happen before I left. Who knows if it was ever replaced.
Oh and by the way, the ‘garage’ does not fit a midsize car (Toyota size ). The City of Santa Monica said the owner of the property should have provided a visitor parking permit as you can’t park on the street certain days of the week. Learned the hard way when my son stayed with me the last couple of days of my stay and received 2 parking tickets in less than 12 hours.
The property did not come stocked as described in ad. Basics such as toilet paper, laundry soap, dishwasher soaps and for the bathroom shower, shampoos did not exist. The ad also said dedicated space to work. Realize this is investor owned but the dining room table is not dedicated. Both supplies and an additional table was brought over later.
The toilet had major issues and ran all day and night. The handyman fixed it and worked for about a week and half then it broke again. Was replaced the last week of my visit. Not sure why they were so cheap that for 2 bathrooms there was only 1 washcloth. Some windows open and others do not. My neighbor in the same 4-plex let me know they took photos of things broken when they first came in to their apartment as they didn’t want to be blamed. She was concerned when they had to sign a year long lease to stay. I too had to sign a 12 month lease for my 4-5 week stay. Crazy.
The electrical in the kitchen outlet where the microwave was located couldn’t hold and then had to move it across the room. Was told the place was old and not to run too many things at the same time. FYI, I own a designated historic home and the simple fix was to update the electrical Panama and outlets. For ~$6,500 one expects better. A mistake I made at this stay is communicated via text and should not have. But I kept them and also video taped the place because I didn’t want to get blamed for anything like my neighbors did as well.
Want you to know I have been staying at Airbnb in Washington, Idaho and California over the last year for work assignments and for vacations. This was my first investor property and will be my last. They have no skin in the game with customers. I have been giving excellent reviews from previous Airbnb hosts.