Pros:
Great location.
Adequate space for 3 people.

Cons:
It’s my understanding that CA law requires all bedrooms to have emergency escape windows for fire safety. I doubt this apartment meets that 5.7 sq. ft. requirement which includes being no more than 44” above the floor. The one bedroom window was too high and too small to get through in the event of a fire.

None of the safety features listed were present when we arrived. I spent the first two days exchanging emails asking the owner to remedy that. His first suggestion was, "Just don't leave the stove unattended! :)" On the second day, an elderly woman arrived late at night and HANDED ME a smoke detector which my husband managed to temporarily install himself with one screw and a kitchen knife. I looked for but did not find a fire extinguisher.

Apartment is mostly below grade, accessed behind the building shown in photo #21. Or maybe it's just located in the space between the garage and mechanical rooms, either way there are few windows. The photos with the narrow exterior corridor (#23 & 24) shows the entrance to the unit. It’s VERY dark inside, requiring lights at all times. Note how none of the shutters are open in the photos, there are no views. The one small bedroom window is at ground level and you look up under a deck a few feet away, the window by the table looks out on to a metal door and alley/ corridor. The living room window looks out to the “shared garden courtyard” which contains one bench with broken slats that couldn’t be sat on… not that you would want to sit there because the view was of a locked metal door, under steps and down a narrow corridor (unfortunately it doesn't appear that they allow me to post photos in this review).

The toilet ran the entire 4 days... and nights. I notified the owner AND a co-owner who showed up. In the end we turned off the water at night.

There was no trash can except for a small one in the bathroom. None in the kitchen area. So we had 4 days of trash sitting around in little bags on the floor.