Ron and Laurie respond quickly. They allowed me to move in before check-in after driving all the way from Chicago, which was super nice to not have to drive around with all my things in my car.
I had a whole shelf break during my stay, and Ron came the day of to fix the entire thing, on a Sunday! Their communication was quick and helpful. I will say I had an ant problem that Ron tried to fix - at first it worked short-term and then became a pretty big issue once again. Ron had an exterminator come twice to take care of the situation, which I appreciated; however, the problem was not fully resolved. I had to vacuum at least every other day because I would always come home from work and see dead ants everywhere. Can't blame the hosts though because they really did try to eradicate the ants, there just needs to be some more work done with that regard. They at least had a great vacuum! Heads up on mail - it will go next door to your "neighbors" since it is all part of the same house, so I would just notify them you are expecting mail because my neighbors would often take my mail and open it, and I would have to specifically walk over there and ask for it instead of them just leaving it out front, but, again, not on the hosts.
Overall, I felt safe for sure. The hosts have a couple cars parked right outside the house, which made the house look full and thus safe. Location rocks! Super close (walking distance) to the Hard Rock Casino, which is super fun. LA Fitness is literally 6 minutes away and definitely able to go for a long run around the area. Dominos also like 3 minutes away.
There is no oven, which I didn't even realize until I considered making pizza, but totally doable to live - I lived there for 6 weeks! Also huge perk that I really wanted with an Airbnb was my own laundry washer and dryer, which they had!
Any issues were quickly resolved after notifying Ron. Thank you for the stay!