We both felt like we were defrauded. Upon arrival we realized that the owner lists two units at this location which was not clearly stated. All the nice pictures you see on the listing are for the bottom full floor unit. What we got starts on photo 35.
We rented what was described as "studio" which turned out to be a tiny room attached to the owner's kitchen. We spent so much $$$ on this, it was ridiculous for the price. There was no kitchen, no cooking area, utensils, etc. just a few plates and a tiny fridge. I specifically wanted a place with access to kitchen because we stayed for 10 nights and food is expensive in LA. We could have rented a hotel room for the stay for about $500 less with better amenities.
There was zero privacy. Since the room is so close to the owner's kitchen, you can hear everything: how the family cooks, talks, yells (yep, that happened too), washes dishes. I assume they could hear everything we did. One day the owner rushed to our room and started banging on the door as I was just to get on a work call. I opened the door, and without asking she rushed into the bathroom. She thought we caused a leak downstairs although we were very careful with the entire room. Only after inspecting everything she left (and subsequently apologized, but I found this inappropriate).
Endless rules. From the first moment on, the owner bombarded us with rules. Do this, don't do that, clean this, leave this here... She reprimanded us several times for not closing the back entry door, although it was her children who left it open. She also wanted a cash $500 deposit or to hold onto one of our driver's licenses. We needed them to drive, so after a bit of negotiation she agreed to waive the requirement. Because we shared the back door with her family we constantly bumped into her and every time there was a new rule to follow.
I would not recommend this to anyone, unless you are staying for 2-3 nights.
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