Jorge’s place does look like the pictures, but there are some things that you should know in advance:
1. the elevator is broken and seems to have been broken for a while. It would have been fair for him to have told me this in advance because it is 4 full flights up from the garage to his place. With luggage and whatever else (I had a lot because I am here working on a project); this is a move-in you won’t forget.
2. The bed/sheets SUCK, I can’t tell you the last time I slept on polyester sheets as a grown-up, there’s also no mattress pad and a plastic mattress wrapper that is torn up (conditions not even truly acceptable for a toddler who wets the bed). If you are an adult and want to rest well, go somewhere else.
3. You can hear talking (and iPhones ringing) from other residents in surrounding units (thin walls)

4. the hallways STINK like old carpet and weed (this is not in Jorge’s control but it’s a thing).
5. Lastly - and this was the most minor of my experiences: the cleaning is questionable- dirty things left in the washer, towels left in the dryer, and dishwasher was full upon my arrival. But the check out requirements are that the guest fill those things and turn them on - so maybe we are only cleaning up after ourselves for the next guest, I dunno.
The unit is as described, well stocked full kitchen, washer and dryer in the unit. Plenty of closet and drawer space, and central heat which can be hard to find in LB- all pluses.
But for me, the broken elevator was a real problem especially because it was not well communicated up front (I’ve been here 5 days and there’s been no one to attend to it and other residents of the building say that it’s been out) and my message to him about it received NO response, all I got were the myriad (and there’s a lot of them) of automated messages about everything I should not do (smoke, use their washcloths to remove makeup, make noise during quiet hours even though the building is not exactly quiet); I know for whoever is coming next - they haven’t been told, and it is a poor oversight and possible deception by this host.