The neighborhood is beautiful and the view is nice, however that is about the only positive experience here. The property itself is quite run down, both inside and out!
Shortly after I checked in, the upstairs occupants arrived and the stomping and banging began. This soon turned into furniture screeching across the floor, loud music, and even louder voices. It sounded like the roof would fall in, every step sounded like a stomp, and I could literally hear every movement they made! They were having a party and it sounded like a basement apartment with thin walls, but from above. The noise was constant and present well into the early hours of the morning! And around 1:45 a.m., it sounded like they were rearranging the entire apartment upstairs! I woke up the next morning to a pile of puke on the street next to my car!
Not long after the noise first began, I contacted the host, or rather the property management company, and voiced my concern for the noise as it was extremely loud and also scaring my small dog. My concerns were quickly met with disdain and they even twisted the blame toward my dog as the issue.
After arguing back and forth with property management, I eventually stopped getting responses other than the generic “thanks for contacting us” message. So I contacted Airbnb directly, which all consumed the entire first night of my stay in LA! Luckily Airbnb was kind enough to help me arrange an early end to my stay along with a partial refund. The host however, kept the $100 pet fee that was listed nowhere in the property description and that I paid directly through PayPal. Beware of paying anything outside of Airbnb, I learned the hard way!
After altering my reservation, I received a message from the host thanking me for the stay and bribing me to rate them with 5 stars in exchange for doing the same for me. This was a generalized message, not directed specifically at me, which would explain why all the other reviews are short and sweet with five stars!
I’ve stayed at a motel 6 that was nicer than this! Even with the view, the trouble I had was not worth the price I paid! I definitely would NOT recommend this place!