This recently renovated unit was clean, and aside from several glitches, it served our purposes well. Be aware that the Marina del Rey area where the unit shows up on the Airbnb map and the “apartment in Venice” title, which together suggest that it’s in Venice close to Marina del Rey, don’t really tell you where it is. Instead, pay attention to the map in the photo gallery, which lists the actual location near the intersection of Rose and Lincoln. Not that it’s a bad area; it’s just that the listing gives the impression that it’s somewhere about a mile and a half away. The unit isn’t what I’d call quiet: the walls are thin, and there’s a lot of traffic noise from the major street just around the corner.
That said, the location is convenient to Venice Beach (20 minute walk) via Rose Ave., there’s a great coffee place just a block away on Rose, a truck with great al pastor tacos on Lincoln, and a Whole Foods two minutes’ walk away.

The vibe was more like a rental management company than a residential Airbnb host. The glitches, which also included a shortage of toilet paper, suggested that the team has its hands full dealing with the host’s 14 units. The team was pretty responsive to the problems that popped up, although it took more than two days to get everything squared away. They neglected to send us the check-in info (lock box codes, etc.) until we asked. The WiFi connection didn’t work when we arrived; it took until the third day of our visit to get it running, although the team responded to us pretty quickly throughout the process. The stove wasn’t working when we arrived; the crew had to come to turn on the pilot light.
Apart from those issues, the unit was adequately equipped, although it lacked the little touches that have made some of our other Airbnb stays special.