I had a really nice stay at the cottage of Tony and Claudia. It nice and clean, the bed is good en Tony is always friendly en helpfull. Venice Beach is a very cool and relaxed place to stay and the cottage is very well situated. Very nice restaurants around the corner (Gratitude, Superba and Hostaria) and a Whole Foods supermarket at walking distance to get all the nice and organic stuff that you want ;-). With the cottage come two bikes and biking to Santa Monica takes only 10 minutes. Biking to the beach takes two minutes. I had a great time.