I was in LA to visit friends and found Andy's motel through Airbnb. The neighborhood seemed a bit sketchy but from my previous experiences in LA I knew it wouldn't be too much of a problem as long as you have a car and don't go out at night. Yes, there are hookers on the street and whatnot, but the police is always around so that's a good thing I guess. I always drove to a different part of the city to get breakfast and do groceries, it just felt safer to me.

Upon arrival Andy showed me around and assigned me a room that was just repainted. The room had a small -not so clean, but usable- kitchen, fridge, microwave, fan, heater and TV. Because of circumstances, the room wasn't cleaned yet and had no amenity kit and towels. This was quickly solved and I enjoyed my stay the first few nights (although they didn't vacuum the carpet).

After 2 or 3 nights I noticed there were some rather large cockroaches crawling around in the bathroom, this didn't bother me too much as I believe that you get what you pay for but at some point the cockroaches were all over the room, which did bother me as I felt uneasy sleeping there. When I came back one night, there were 2 cockroaches crawling around on my clothes/suitcase (which I had put on the drawer to prevent the cockroaches from getting into my suitcase) and this absolutely disgusted me. The last few nights I slept with my clothes on and put all my stuff on the bed. I saw a cockroach crawl on the bed once so I guess you should zip all your bags and suitcases when you get there.

I notified Andy about the cockroaches and he told me he'll look into it. He was very understanding and helpful and I'll probably give it another go in the future.