Overall good.
POSITIVES: Good central location, transportation (buses and Metro) and food (Whole Foods, CVS) are close by. The apartment is very spacious more than enough for a couple or family with kids. Open concept and full kitchen. Easy access into the building and unit (both coded). Street parking can be a slight challenge, but can find free spots to park overnight.
NEGATIVES: Some items were broken (bathroom door handle and leg on table) not a big deal. Noise, street can be heard in the living room and kitchen or if there are really loud homeless people on the street at night (even in the bedroom) but comes with being in downtown apartments. There was also a lot of noise from unit above, who was always coming into the unit at 2-3am.
In the bathroom you can smell sewer gas. I noticed this in some restaurants and places in LA. Not sure if it is common or just situational. This is a big turn off for me which is why I took one star off.
The reason I took a second star off, Abode property management. Huge pain in the you know what. Overkill on their additional screening which took another 15 minutes to complete on top off Airbnb reservation. The second reason, they (Abode) would not provide the address to the property until we were practically in the area. The first address they provided is false, when I asked for the location earlier in the day (before our flight) they kept saying "Our trust and safety team is working on it". When we arrived in LA my wife and I Uber'd to the false address then realized it wasn't the right. Had to find a place with wifi , when we did, we finally got an email with the correct address. We had hike it for four blocks carrying and dragging all our luggage (at night) in town we are not familiar with, in part of downtown which had quite a few homeless people. This whole gong show took us extra hour all because Abode would not provide us with address in advance so we could arrive directly at the place.
We will never stay at this place again. Moving forward any Airbnb using Abode will not get our business.