REVIEW:
PROS:
1. The host has provided numerous amenities for the bathrooms, the washer/dryer room, and the kitchen.
2. The location is convenient for accessing side streets or the freeways if you need to head into Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, or Long Beach.
3. The house has a laidback atmosphere in the living room with comfortable seating.
4. The room and the interior of the house were depicted accurately.
CONS:
1. Room #1 has very basic amenities in the bedroom itself. The host provides bedding, a laundry basket, a small trash can, two table stands and lamps. Although a desk and 2 chairs are provided, the extremely angular and sparse metal and faux wood design without any curvature or cushions did not lend itself to a comfortable experience. I had to utilize towels and pillow on top of the seat in order to remain seated for longer than 5 to 10 minutes.
2. Room #1 gets sweltering hot during the late morning to evening. There is an almost 10 degree Fahrenheit difference between Room #1 and the hallway to the bathroom or even to the kitchen. The ceiling fan alone barely helps so whenever I enter the room, I feel as though I am entering a sauna. So why don’t we open the windows then? Well, that takes us to the third issue.
3. The next door neighbor’s room has a large window that faced directly into the window of Room #1. Sudden loud vocal barrages of profanity and bodily guttural utterances are heard during the weekdays. It was quite disturbing and detrimental to our ability to rest and my husband’s ability to work. Unfortunately, these vocalizations continued all morning, afternoon and through the early evening in intervals from a few seconds to over half an hour followed by moments of silence, but then another cycle of uttered vocalizations or stream of profanities streamed from the neighbor. That cycle repeated continuously for approximately 6 to 8+ hours a day. I recorded examples and submitted them to the host so that she was aware of the ongoings at Room #1. My husband worked remotely and had several professional conference calls on a regular basis throughout the day. Even with the window shut, the vocalization, screaming, screeching, growling and profanities could easily be heard in Room #1 and regularly disturbed his Zoom meetings. As this was the case with the neighbor’s utterances, we could not open the window in an attempt to mute and dampen the sound of the profanity.
4. At the time of our stay, the toilet shared by Room #1 and #2 was flooded and the water in the shower did not drain.
5. The host had difficulty conveying her messages through the app. Often her text messages was comprised of disjointed phrases and it was sometimes unclear what she intended to relay. Responsiveness was sometimes delayed, but eventually I would receive a response in trying to address some of the issues.
The house has amazing potential but some issues need to be addressed before I would recommend a stay there.