Ali was a thoughtful, thorough, and very conscientious host! The condo was exactly as described and pictured. The living room is elegant and comfortable. The dining room chairs are comfortable and the kitchen easy to use. The bedrooms have plenty of room and the closets are enormous (at least from this Midwesterner's perspective). Bathrooms were clean and spacious.
We cooked over 50 meals in the kitchen. If you plan to do serious cooking, be sure to do an inventory of cookware to be sure you have what you need. The kitchen comes with all the basics. We were able to cook everything from spaghetti to pizza to salmon. If you are on the shorter side (I'm 5'1"), be advised that the microwave is over the range.
There are no steps in the unit itself, but there are two sets of steps from the parking garage to the unit's front door and one set from the entry gate to the unit's front door.
The unit comes with a combination washer/dryer that was pretty easy to use (and the user manual is available online). Because it dries with steam, it takes a bit longer than a regular air dryer. I ran a load overnight, which was perfect, since I didn't have to switch from the washer to the dryer.
In the same closet as the washer/dryer combo, there were a broom and a Swiffer-type mop. The mop head can be cleaned in the washer/dryer. When we arrived in LA, there were a bunch of fires in the area, and soot was settling on everything. We found that sweeping and mopping every day or two was easy, fun, and kept the place beautiful. (Except for a small rug in the living room, all floors were tile or laminate, which also made them easier to clean.)
Ali left us with treats on the coffee table and an easy way to get a hold of him if we needed anything. He also checked in with us to make sure everything was going well, which it was.
The garage gate opener is in the unit, so on arrival, we needed to park on the street, get the keys to the unit, enter the unit and retrieve the garage opener, then move the car to the garage. Checking out was the process in reverse. Coldwater Canyon is busy, but it's easy to take a right and then another right into the residential area to get east or south of the condo.
It's close to everything and easy to think of as a home away from home.
Thank you also, Ali, for making sure there were no major earthquakes while we were there!
A top-notch Airbnb host and location!