My partner and I make this trip to LA three times a year to visit family. This is the first time we’ve booked an Airbnb and did not stay with family so we booked based on space and location. The location was perfect, dead center to each place I needed to visit.
Realistically, if you don’t visit LA and come from a smaller city, you’re in for a bit of a shock. This is in South LA which means every other block is “sketchy” but this is normal. I read in the reviews that there’s nothing around and it’s in a questionable neighborhood. However, I grew up off the 110 and Manchester which is very rough. So do your research before your come, if you’re looking for cute shops and mom and pop restaurants, you’re in the wrong city and need to look at Long Beach,
San Diego or Laguna.
This Victorian home is 20 mins away from downtown, Korea town, and Santa Monica. It came equipped with everything we needed for laundry and cooking. They even had hygiene products in case you forget shampoo or conditioner!
There are 3 bedrooms equipped with 2 queens and 1 king. The guest bed room has a pull out bed that pulls out from the bed frame and the other guest room contains a roll out twin bed in the closet. There are also two futons. So it was perfect when I had family stay with me.
My only complaint is the price. We spent over $2700 for a week and I did expect it to be in better condition. The walls are dirty and worn down, white paint on the walls looks dingy and grey, some of the bathroom hardware is falling apart, a bed frame was not entirely intact and one of the windows in the dining room was broken and taped. I made sure to let the host know right away as we did not want to be held responsible. Now I do have to give the host kudos as they were quick to respond after mentioning everything. They checked in on me frequently and even offered to have things fixed, however we did not want that during our trip so I ended up using a drill from my family to fix the bed and accepted the condition of everything else.
I still absolutely recommend the home and would consider it again, but would use pricing as the factor.