Spacious Guest Studio with Private Entry

Location: 5534 Alcove Avenue, Los Angeles, us

Star Rating: 7.2 Stars

Property Type: Apartments

About this Property

Important Information

Policies

Check-in: 03:00 PM - 12:00 AM

Check-out: 11:00 AM

Amenities & Facilities

• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Parking
• Non-smoking rooms
• Air conditioning
• Family rooms
• Pets allowed
• Express check-in/check-out
• Non-smoking throughout
• Private check-in/check-out
• Outdoor furniture
• Staff adhere to local safety protocols
• Guest rooms disinfected between stays
• Cleaning standards that are effective against Coronavirus
• Physical distancing rules followed
• Hand sanitizer in guest room and key areas
• Cashless payment available
• Fire extinguishers
• First aid kit available
• Sanitized tableware & silverware
• Contactless check-in/check-out
• Invoice provided
• Smoke alarms
• Guest room sealed after cleaning
• Property cleaned by professional cleaning companies
• Physical distancing in dining areas
• Food delivered to guest room
• Process in place to check health of guests
• Access to health care professionals
• Screens / Barriers between staff and guests for safety
• Face masks for guests available
• Thermometers for guests provided by property
• Express check-in
• Free wired internet
• Offsite parking discounted rates available
• Internet access

Rooms Available

• Studio Apartment

  The spacious studio provides air conditioning, a private entrance, as well as a private bathroom featuring a walk-in shower and a hairdryer. Meals can be prepared in the well-fitted kitchenette, which comes with a refrigerator, kitchenware and a microwave. This studio features a tea and coffee maker, a seating area, a flat-screen TV with cable channels and a patio. The unit offers 2 beds.

  Max Occupancy: 4 (3 Adults)

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Shower
  • TV
  • Air conditioning
  • Hair dryer
  • Kitchenette
  • Refrigerator
  • Seating Area
  • Fan
  • Toilet
  • Microwave
  • Private bathroom
  • Heating
  • Dressing room
  • Private entrance
  • Sofa
  • Hardwood or parquet floors
  • Dining area
  • Electric kettle
  • Wardrobe or closet
  • Cleaning products
  • Coffee machine
  • Linen
  • Dining table
  • Outdoor furniture
  • Outdoor dining area
  • Entire unit located on ground floor
  • Semi-detached
  • Private apartment in building
  • Clothes rack
  • Toilet paper
  • Books, DVDs, or music for children
  • Bottle of water
  • Trash cans
  • Wine glasses
  • Cots
  • Shampoo
  • Conditioner
  • Body soap
  • Socket near the bed
  • Smoke alarm
  • Fire extinguisher
  • Hand sanitiser

Guest Reviews

• Pawel (5/5): - Great location During the time of booking I requested additional bed for my son, we didn't get it, nor got any reply regarding our request. Place was it cleaned well, floors were very dirty, after walking in my white socks for five minutes socks were black. Slow communication with the owner, I had to wait few hours for a reply regarding crucial info how to lock the place, other communications was ok.
• Guest (8/5): - Property was very nice and the owners are too. The property was fine but if you book with booking.com make sure to check the email that is sent because the email gives you the right code to get in and the right number to call for assistance. The booking.com info is only good for the address.
• Ben (9/5): -
• David (7/5): Buen estudio, buena ubicación pero necesita inversión para mejoras - La ubicación, la habitación es amplia con todo tipo de servicios. La terraza es muy cómoda y permite desayunar al aire libre La cama necesita cambio de colchón porque se notan los muelles al dormir. Además, el último día nos dimos cuenta que había una puerta que daba accesos al estudio desde el cuarto de lavado sin ningún tipo de candado…es decir cualquiera que fuera al cuarto de lavado, podía abrir esa puerta y entrar en nuestro estudio con los enseres personales.
• Elizabeth (7/5): Good - The private outdoor patio Upon arrival around 6 p.m., we still had not received the entry instructions. I called the host, Mike. He insisted that he had sent an email with instructions. I had not received it. Could he text it? Mike did walk me through finding the lockbox. However, he was unbelievably extremely rude to me.I explained that we had had a very long drive with our first EV and were seniors. He berated me for explaining that I was having difficulties. He told me to "stop talking so he could help me help myself. I was just trying to be friendly. We couldn't get the lockbox open. Luckily a tenant helped. It took him over 5 minutes to open it. In all of my years traveling various locations throughout the world.I have never been spoken to so harshly by a host. Ever! If we hadn't already paid, we would have found somewhere else to stay.
• Denis (10/5): Awesome location and great people! It’s our 2nd time here, will be back definitely! - Awesome location! Great people!
• Nicky (10/5): Exceptional -
• Elagina-vrubleuskaya (5/5): good location with amount of disadvantages - Good location and clear apartments 1. The noise levels from the upstairs apartments have been exceptionally loud, to the point where it’s sometimes impossible to sleep. Additionally, in room 3, the staff’s loud videocall conversations near the cleaning room wall made it very challenging to rest ion the morning, especially during the holidays. This situation is particularly inconvenient for those who need rest or are traveling with children or pets, who may feel scared or stressed by the noise. 2. The pricing listed on the website stated that "all charges are included," we were asked to pay an additional amount for cleaning and taxes. Moreover, we were informed that these charges must be paid one day before check-in to avoid cancellation, even though this seems to be a mistake on the property's part.
• Theresa (3/5): Total disappointment. Not acceptable. - Location Unit needs total updating. Cleanliness questionable. Dirty drapes. Dirty dishes. Requested to tone down noise, voices and footsteps. Did their laundry till 10:00 pm, footsteps till late. No regard for rest time. Checked out early. Can’t wait. We’ve stayed in numerous rentals, this is the worst to date. TOTAL DISAPPOINTMENT. Hope prospective renters read this review. SAVE YOURSELVES.
• Brianny (10/5): Exceptional -
• Brandon (10/5): Warm and relaxing atmosphere - I really liked the location and private entry to the unit.
• Marian (10/5): great - everything... very clean and spacious
• Jaap (1/5): Very dissapointing - The location on itself is perfect near all the attractions. I presume that thats the reason Mike and Julie, the owners, think they can sell the place like it is. But really. Don`t go here. They are in it for the money and not for you to have a comfortable stay. That became painfully clear during our stay. Here are some facts. - No low fence with mesh but a 2,5 high wooden fence that takes away every view they describe. - Its not your private pool. You`ll have to ask if you may use it but it is not the intention that you lie by the pool all day. - Dirty sunbeds. Dirty swimming pool. Messy garden - You don`t control the air-conditioning. They do. But not at night. So its hot and stuffy at night. - There is a fan. But its full of dust. - Mattress full of stains so its flipped. You`ll lie on the hard bottomside where you can feel the springs. - towels where not clean - Showermat was not replaced. We left a day earlier to prevent a fantastic three weeks during roadtrip ending with a big disappointment. Thanks for nothing Mike and Julie.
• Aaron (9/5): Perfect stay for universal studios and Hollywood visit! - Property was in a great quiet location, close to amenities and universal studios which was the purpose of our stay. Owners were easy to contact and responded quickly with any questions we had. Pool was clean and a great addition to our stay. Room was clean and large enough for our family of three. Bathroom could be a bit more cleaner but wasn’t an issue for us. Parking in the street was also good, there was always room and the neighbourhood seemed very safe and welcoming.
• Jessica (1/5): What a Nightmare!!!!!!!!! - The first red flag was the host attempting to scam us by trying to charge us $50.00 to use the pool (when it showed “free” on the listing!!) He also said we had to have a reservation to use the pool and basically said he didn’t want us to use it after 7:30pm (even though listing shows pool hours as 8am-10pm). (See screenshots) Things got much worse when we actually arrived to the property! The pool was filthy, had tons of leaves in it, and they left the entire pool vacuum hose inside the pool (so we couldn’t even go in the deep end!). Plus, one of the hosts stared at us through the kitchen window the whole time we were in the pool and opened the window to listen to our conversation, which made us extremely uncomfortable!! It was VERY obvious they did NOT want us to use the pool at all. They also didn't provide pool towels, even though the listing says this would be provided. For the inside of the studio, that was DISGUSTING!!! First of all, its basically just a room within their house (so not detached) and you hear people walking above you and in the next room over. The floor was beyond gross (paper towel was black when we wiped up various areas of the floor) and I’m positive it had not been mopped in a very long time!! There were lots of gnats and insects in the studio, dishes were dirty, and towels provided had stains on them. One of the towels had a big hole in it and 2 pillows had yellow stains. There was no toaster so I sent a message to the host at 8:30am on day of checkout. I didn't receive a response until over 3 hours later (after checkout time!). The absolute worst part is how the host treated me! We contacted Booking.com to share feedback & they contacted the host. Host then left me a rude vm. We sent an email asked to email describing our experience, providing honest feedback. His reply was appalling! No apology or acknowledgement. He called me "unstable" and having "emotional problems". See pic I attached!
• Sayed (7/5): Good value for money. Nice surrounding - Location Entrance and bathroom
• Katt (3/5): Very uncomfortable and I feel like I got robbed for the price - TV The shower is to small and the door didn’t lock or close ! We had to leave door open because it didn’t close handle was broken and door was to hard to pull to close ! Floor was dirty
• Clive (8/5): Nice place to rest at end on road trip. - The pool The privacy Helpful but not intrusive owners Quiet residential area with free parking in the street. Close to Warner Bros and Universal Studios. Despite air conditioning the ground floor suite got very stuffy at night. The air con controls are situated in the main house so not available to the holiday let. Kitchen facilities very limited, plug in two ring hob, microwave oven, kettle and coffee maker. Small under counter fridge/freezer. Someone and utensils.
• Stuart (8/5): Very good -
• Andrea (7/5): Great location with easy access to Hollywood via car - Great location and easy access to studio Lacking crockery. No wine glasses No vegetable peeler or exhaust fan. Only 1 Mug for coffee and 2 bowls and 2 plates
• David (3/5): Poor - Equipped and comfy bed. Good fridge and tv Loud neighbors, not much privacy, street parking was a challenge. Hotels are similarly priced and offer more privacy. It's somewhat run down.
• Mark (4/5): Apartment requires TLC to make it a pleasurable stay! - Location and comfy bed! Could have been cleaner what appeared to be dog hairs on sofa, noise from upstairs ie: walking and talking, pool was dirty and unusable, nowhere to put luggage when opening apart from floor. Dirty laundry left in laundry room throughout our stay.
• Angelicam2 (10/5): Exceptional - Home type. And I got to do my laundry.
• Tamara (6/5): Pleasant - The room was very clean, the bed was super comfortable, sheets were very nice The reservation said onsite parking and I arrived and was told I had to park on the street. It was unusually cold for LA but the heat was not turned on until the last night. I had to walk down a dark alley to get to my room. There were lights but there was nowhere to turn them on.
• Yu-cheng (3/5): Poor -
• Norbert (7/5): Good - The vibe of the neighborhood is amazing, clean, and silent. The aircon is noisy.
• Junker (9/5): Besides the noises really recommended!! - Nice neighborhood, very spacious apartment as described and clean Very noisy, you can hear when someone is talking or walking above you - not recommended for sensetive sleepers
• Jeannette (10/5): A wonderful quiet neighborhood, comfortable studio apartment with a refreshing swimming pool. - It was quiet, the owner was wonderful, and the pool was a welcome surprise, being that it was 95 degrees. No complaints about anything
• Maria (8/5): Very good -
• Pavlina (10/5): Exceptional - The studio apartment was just amazing. Amazing in size, comfortability, equipment - it was very nice. Our hosts, Julie and Mike were very helpful and friendly, left us with all the information before we arrived and left the place ready for us in a perfect, clean and ordered condition. The kitchen was easy to navigate, as a small recommendation to our hosts, we would appreciate more sharp knives (as cutting vegetables was a bit tricky haha:)), but it was very cozy place, in amazing, safe and calm area in the North of LA. We would definitely stay again if visiting LA. Thank you for making our experience so nice! Everything was just perfect. :)
• Viktória (7/5): Good - Private pool is really nice, the room is spacious. The floor was dirty, there were dog hair on the couch, plastic plant in the room had bird poop on it, quite disgusting... When we checked in, the lockbox was empty (we got the instructions on the day of the arrival to get the key with a given code from that). I called the given number twice. The person I talked to at the end was quite rude, told me to check the door for the key, it must be there (as it would be obvious despite their instructions). The door was closed, and there was no key. My husband then rang on the front door, the owner was kind and immediately handed a key to us.
• Vero (10/5): A nice, quiet and comfortable place to stay! I loved it! - It’s nice and cozy. I liked it because it warm and silent. You can rest!! Everything was good
• Anni-juulia (7/5): Good - Room was very nice For a small family like us. It was very easy to be with a toddler. Own pool was nice but the Pool Area was really dirty. Floor was so dirty. Also kitchen equipment was too little. Only two spoons,knifes,forks.. We buy our own kitchen stuff. There was problem with electricity. First Day we tried to Cook but electricity stop work. Luckily The host bring us to extensioncoard. Last night The livingroom lights turn off..
• Jenna (9/5): Great comfortable stay with nice hosts and lovely little pool to cool off. Will absolutely return! - Exactly as advertised. Kind hosts and comfortable stay! Provide additional towels (but I didn’t ask for more)
• Daniel (9/5): Very nice and save Place to stay. Totally recommend it. - The Studio is in good shape, it is clean and the Bed is comfortable. Good and save Neighborhood. We had the pool to ourselves. The central AC stands outside at the Patio but right next to the Bedroom and is very loud and you are not able to turn it off. It wasn't running at nights though. Maybe the Owner could change that somehow, then it is the perfect place to stay.

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