Pros
-Location: pretty centrally-located to the things we wanted to do - Griffith Park, Echo Park, Downtown
-Clean bathroom (with the exception of some long hairs on the floor)
Cons
-Window coverings: slats missing on most vertical blinds. Second bedroom doesn’t have any window covering, which isn’t acceptable for an urban setting where other apartments can see in the bedroom.
-Cleanliness: listing says the place was professionally cleaned. I don’t think that’s accurate. Overall the place was fairly clean, but definitely not professional. The windows are grimy and so dirty they are clouded. The beds are lacking mattress pads, and for a place with a high turnover, the mattresses should be protected. Instead, the sheets were directly on the mattress.
-Windows/security: 2 of the windows don’t lock - one window is missing a lock completely, and on the other the lock doesn’t work. This wouldn’t be an issue, except the place is in an urban setting and someone can jump on the 1st floor roof and access this apartment on the 2nd floor. Nearly all windows were accessible by jumping on a 1st floor roof.
-Air conditioning: thank goodness for a/c in the bedrooms. The main bedroom has a window unit. The a/c for the second bedroom is in the closet, and you have to run an extension cord across the bedroom to the closet, creating a trip hazard. Then the closet door needs to be left open so that cold air eventually makes its way into the bedroom. The larger bedroom definitely got cooler than the second bedroom because of this. Also, the closet that the a/c is located in has a motion sensor. So every time you move in bed the light turns on in the closet. Also, the a/c units in both bedrooms are loud, so I recommend earplugs if loud noise affects your sleep. It was kind of like a white noise though, since the a/c units were on constantly. The rest of the apartment is not air conditioned. There is a fan, but it really didn’t do much. It wasn’t a terribly hot weekend in July (maybe mid-80’s temperature), but at night the living room and dining room weren’t comfortable to sit in because they were too hot and muggy feeling.
-Lighting: lighting in the living room consists of a few wall sconces. Pretty dim. Lighting in the bedrooms isn’t much better.
I also don’t recommend the location for young children - due to the stairs leading up to the apartment, as well as the placement of the couch next to a fairly low height window.
We contemplated asking for Airbnb assistance the first night, but sucked it all up and stayed the 2 nights we had originally booked. For the price paid ($775 total for 2 nights), we expected a much more comfortable stay.