Central Apartment in a Hip Walkable Neighborhood NRP23-01143

Fantastic - home away from home with everything you need.

Pros: Great sized bedrooms, fully equipped kitchen. Had everything we needed. Huge oven and microwave! Including all the herbs and spices you would want, not something you normally get. Also some lovely little extras, like protein bars and popcorn. Was very clean and tidy. Photo's on the site were very accurate, but the living area was actually bigger than I expected. Contact prior and during stay with host was easy. Key code was great to avoid needing a key. Supermarket just across the road. Fairly quiet neighbourhood, with plenty of conveniences within walking distance. Around a 15-20 minute walk to the nearest beach. Would definitely stay again if we ever came back to the US and Long Beach!

Cons: You needed to use an app for the laundry room, and needed an US telephone number to verify when setting up the app. Luckily the host let me use her number and sent me the code to resolve the problem. The app needed a minimum $10 top-up - make sure to top up enough straight away as I didn't, so didn't have enough credit to do all my washing before I left. It's about between $2 and $2.50 for a wash depending what cycle, and $1.75 for the tumble dryer 45mins. The bedrooms only had ceiling fans, so they got very warm and didn't cool down much at night. It was around 32 Celsius during our stay so we were OK, but if it were any warmer then it would be rather uncomfortable to sleep during the night. An extra couple of upright fans would really help combat this. Whilst the apartment complex is quiet and other residents very considerate, you can hear everything through the walls. We could hear the person above walking round (maybe even jumping as it was quite loud at times) late at night a few times. Obviously this is down to the construction of the building and unavoidable. The host did supply ear plugs in the bedrooms so if you are a light sleeper and don't mind ear plugs then it will solve this.

Fantastic apartment in a beautiful location with some really thoughtful touches.

Pros: Brilliant location close to lots of different restaurants and a great coffee shop all within walking distance as was the beach.

Our stay was amazing, host where great and any questions we had they answered within minutes.

Pros: Nice neighborhood, grocery store within walking distance. Place was clean and great neighbors

Cons: Perfect spot for our destination, close to beach and convention center.