Frederic's apartment is just great. Stylish, sophisticated, very spacious - especially the dramatic double height living area - lovely to get up and wander through in the morning, the concrete floors cool underfoot. The furniture and various pieces are very nicely chosen. I wasn't surprised to learn that Frederic is a designer - and I'm a sucker for an Eames lounger any day.
My wife Naomi is an amazing cook and she enjoyed Frederic's kitchen - the long marble table can easily sit 10 and the cooker is nice and big - and it's gas of course. We had a few dinner parties and our guests loved the place (as well as the food...). The setting definitely added to those evenings.
Both bathrooms are nice - the upstairs one is big and the shower is fantastic - great pressure and very comfortable.
The Wi fi and the audiovisual equipment is good - Stark ipod/iphone speakers, a TV in the living area by the kitchen and a huge one upstairs. My only complaint was no HBO - which for visiting Brits is probably the best channel - but I was there for work for a long period whereas most people probably wouldn't be watching much TV.
There is also a huge car park in the building with spaces for visitors that we made use of several times.
We were in LA already when looking and we saw many apartments - but this was easily the best we saw.
The Silverlake area is great too - with lots of good cafes and restaurants and shopping (incl. Vons supermarket) nearby and both Los Feliz and Echo Park areas a very short distance away, with various interesting places to go to..
Frederic himself is a nice guy - very friendly and warm and very clear about the practical details.
Air bnb unfortunately completely screwed up this booking initially - a completely botched verification process - causing both Frederic and I a lot of stress because I booked the day before I moved in and we were trying to finalise it all quickly. Frederic was very patient and cool about it all and we sorted it in the end. Air bnb subsequently refunded my fees to them for screwing it up so much - so at least they did the right thing in the end.
Once we were in though, we forgot all about air bnb and just enjoyed being there. We would definitely stay again if coming back to LA.