Let me start with the positive:
- The studio has an amazing location in Downtown, this part of DT is clean, safe and has a lot of good options for food and drinks.
Unfortunately, there was a lot of things that made the stay expensive and uncomfortable.
- I had to find the key in a shed in a backhouse in Koreatown. I had to walk past the neighbors property, open a sliding door, crawl in and find it amongst a lot of mess.
- There was no essentials in the studio at all:
*2 working light bulbs in the whole space
*1 roll of toilet paper
* No forks
*No cooking essentials
* No cleaning supplies
*remote battery dead
-The bed was so uncomfortable and unstable that we got a new mattress from friends the next day.
-The shower was a big frustration, it was like trying to shower in drizzling rain, no water pressure at all. The shower curtain does not go all the way down, so the whole floor gets wet. There was only 3 towels for 2 adults, so we had to sacrifice one for the floor. No handtowel or wash cloths either. We had to buy additional towels.. The toilet is also hard to flush.
We were woken up in the middle of the night by the pipes making a really loud noise a couple of times, I'm talking "is the building collapsing" loud! We ran outside in our Pyjamas.
-The apartment smelled like sigarettes when we checked in, we thought it was the people that just checked out, but the smell is in the walls and everything you bring in there will smell like sigarettes.
- We paid for a monthly rent, but the host needed the apartment back 4 days early. We got 400 usd back, but we couldn't find a new space for that amount and ended up staying with family.
- The host messaged me and asked me to give him 5 stars in exchange for 5 stars back. He also told me not to say anything about the early check out. Very unprofessional.
I realize I might sound very negative, but I've stayed in a lot of
Airbnbs and never had a negative experience like this before. The place might be good for a short stay, but for a longer stay you will definitely be frustrated.