I lived at this Airbnb for almost 2 months! I have a very detailed and honest review to provide you with.
All in all, loved this Airbnb!
What I loved about it:
- Super clean
- It had almost everything I needed
- Pretty large for a studio floor plan
- Gated dedicated parking spot (don’t have to drive around aimlessly looking for parking every night)
- The building is nice and fairly new/updated
- Close to everything (Starbucks was a short walk up the street every morning.) - - The host and co-host are super friendly and quick to respond to messages!! (BIG BONUS)
- Security 24/7
- Desk to work at
- Very hot water in shower
- Shower water pressure is amazing
- Cups, bowls, plates, silverware, etc.
- Rooftop pool / lounge chairs was AMAZING!! (But hot tub didn’t work the entire 2 months, was empty and getting repairs)
- Apartment gym on the rooftop
What I would change / didn’t love & why:
- The washer/dryer in the unit doesn’t work, we had to go down to the basement level parking garage to use shared washer/dryers. This really sucked. It was inconvenient. A lot of the times all the washers/dryers were taken. Some even broken. Not a deal breaker for booking this, just something to get used to (at least for me personally)
- The dishwasher doesn’t wash dishes great. I had a very light load of dishes and they came out dirty with a residue film from the detergent. I just hand washed the rest of the time. Not a big deal.
- The WiFi was horrible. The box shows all green lights and nothing wrong, but the signal strength was not strong at all. Watching Netflix/Hulu it would freeze/drop almost every time you try to watch a show. We were shocked if we could make it through a whole episode and it not stop working. I work from home so it was an issue getting good signal on my laptops. I had to resort to my MiFi WiFi Jetpack almost every day. Again, not a complete deal breaker, just something that was frustrating day in and day out. If you work from home, maybe plan on advance by bringing a data hotspot.
- The building “Emergency Alarm” sounded more than once... the first time was at 4am and it was frightening to be woken up like that. Another time was during the day while on a client meeting. Not a deal breaker, just be aware it happens. Neighbors poke their heads out in the hallway with me, and we just go back to doing what we were doing and the alarm turns off fairly quick.
- The bathroom is super tight! And I wish more towels were provided. Ran out of the shampoo/conditioner/body soap provided in the shower after just a few showers. Bring your own / buy some.
- It’s downtown LA... People are going to park in the alley and not leave you any room to get by in order to get to the parking garage (and they aren’t in their car to move) It happens. You just gotta wait, or go around the other way.
- Also, the garage entrance is a very very steep downhill slope. If you have a normal vehicle this should not be an issue at all. But if you have a lowered car/exotic... this could be hard to get in and out. We made it work, just stressful.
I hope this detailed review helps you!! All in all, we loved our stay here. The good outweighs the not so good. And I’m sure most of the little things can be fixed before your stay anyway.
We would 100% stay here again in the future. Remember, I was here for almost 2 months and this was a great Airbnb to live in long term, so I’m sure it would be even better for short term stays! Hope you enjoy you stay here like I did! :)