The location is nice, the parking pass was convenient, and it is a comfortable place to stay. The kitchen is a little small, but certainly workable! There were some aspects of the stay that involved the kinds of things that might have factored into my decision when choosing a place, so I’ll explain those here.
First, the host informed us about construction on the building after we arrived. This was more frustrating than it would have been in other times, given that we are in the middle of the pandemic and the host knew that the two of us would be working from home. It is certainly possible that if we had complained, this work might have stopped, but we would have preferred to know about this before the stay. Second, three weeks into a four-week stay, the host was somewhat insistent on hiring a cleaning service to come inside after we voiced some hesitancy. Both the host and cleaning person initially entered the apartment with no mask and we were asked to spend the morning on the patio to do zoom meetings and other work. This seemed a bit unnecessary as a health risk and inconvenience. Third, the address provided after booking is not the actual address- this became a complication because that we were not told that this was the case and had valuable work materials sent to the address to arrive right as we would. I haven’t had this experience with other Airbnbs, but maybe it is not uncommon. Finally, when I reached out to the host to see if we could cancel the booking because the summer position for which I was coming to LA went virtual due to the pandemic, the host did not allow me to cancel the booking for a meaningful refund. This was completely within the rights of the host under Airbnb’s policy, but they did have the opportunity to do so and chose not to.
The hosts seemed concerned about how we enjoyed the place and were communicative, so I don’t mean to suggest the stay was unpleasant, but some judgments made were not what I would have preferred.