The building is old and worn down, in desperate need of a complete remodeling. You only need to take 2 steps into the building thru the front entrance to notice that, and once you step into the elevator....well, it feels more like you are in East Berlin in 1980. The unit we stayed in was on the top floor (5th). The photos in the AirBnB listing must be from another unit because they look nothing alike, apart from the floor plan. Oh and that they both had portable AC units taking up floor space, rather than replacing the broken AC units mounted outside the window. The apartment was not super clean and some of the towels were dirty (luckily we brought our own). Basically, what you pay for is the location and the included parking space. The location really is great, and it just takes 3-4 minutes to walk up to Hollywood Blvd. The parking space in the alley behind the building is good to have, but it was really tight to get into (luckily most of the time there were no cars in the spaces next to it), and it could have been marked better (there was a faded number on it, but not easy to see when checking in at night). The small kitchen did the job, the only thing we missed was a water boiler to make tea in the mornings. Oh, and there actually was a decent view out the windows. You could even see Griffith observatory :-) Good communication with the host, the building manager, who seemed very on top of things and I'm sure would have replaced the towels etc had we asked. We stayed 3 nights, and I would have no problems staying here again.