Abode Los Angeles - Downtown Historic Core

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children

Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The decoration and location.
  : The cleaning was not optimal. We even had a huge cockroach in the kitchen and a bug in one of the beds.

Fair
Traveller Type: Solo Traveler
  : Nice space. Convenient for downtown.
  : Cheap appliances and shoddy maintenance. Hassle booking and confirming. Noisy neighbors and paper thin ceiling. There were some maintenance issues with the property, including a hole in the bathroom floor that I kept getting my foot caught on, large gashes out of the bath that made taking a bath impossible, half of the living room curtain was hanging down and requires a ladder to fix, so that affected privacy, the clock in the kitchen needs a new battery and the stuck time was distracting, and I had to change the clock on the cooker. The ROKU did not work. The remote turned the TV on but didn't work for any other action at all. (I have photos of all of these if required). I was booked from April 2nd to April 4th. Sunday and Monday nights. I got a series of emails on Tuesday stating my check out was today at 11am. The emails I have received from Abode have been consistently inaccurate and I receive 2-4 copies of the same email throughout the day. Before leaving I received many emails stating I needed to fill in the rental contract, long after I had filled it. I didn't get an email with the check in details. I had to call and was told there was a message in the Booking app. I had no advance warning that this would be the only message without an email. While it was a nice looking and spacious apartment these maintenance issues, as well as the endless and inaccurate email bombardment, made this experience more of a hassle than a convenience, and considerably more so than just booking a hotel. The constant need to guarantee I would make no noise and not inconvenience the other apartment dwellers was off putting, especially given that the apartment above had children who ran around all day and made a lot of noise! All in all this was a frustrating and unrewarding experience, for the price of a very good hotel room. If competing with hotels these kinds of issues, especially unattended maintenance issues, make using Abode unrealistic and disappointing.

Good
Traveller Type:
  : Location is very badnoisyand unsafeInternet keeps stopping and reconnecting.
  : It is big and clean

Pleasant
Traveller Type: Business Traveler