I stayed in this apartment for three weeks and while hosts are nice and responsive, the AirBnb wasn't what I had expected from the booking.
1) Most importantly the location wasn't even close to where it was shown on the AirBnb map. The apartment is right on the 210 freeway so there is a lot of road noise, especially in the bedroom which faces toward the freeway. The apartment is also about 50 minutes walk from Old town Pasadena which I wasn't expecting from the listing. I had booked this thinking it was close to my work but it wasn't. You will need a car if visiting this apartment.
2) The check in wasn't good at all. I had just arrived from a 12+ hour flight and I had to stay up because the host showed up to the apartment to change the door locks.
3) The apartment wasn't very clean when I arrived, especially the duvet and pillows which seem old.
4) Some things in the apartment stopped working during my stay, for example the toilet stopped flushing and I had to fix it. To be fair to the hosts they were responsive when I pointed this out.
5) There are extensive lists of rules everywhere with threats of immediate eviction if rules aren't followed. This makes it difficult to raise issues with hosts during the stay through fear of being evicted in an unfamiliar country. I also didn't imagine I'd have to strip the bed and clean the apartment before checking out considering I had paid a cleaning fee.
Overall, the apartment is okay, but it is expensive for the area it is in considering there are very few conveniences around and it is so close to the freeway. The interior of the apartment looks like the listing and is well stocked with toiletries and appliances, but there are a lot of aspects of the apartment that aren't clear from the listing which would have changed my decision to stay here.