My colleague and I stayed here for 3 nights while on a work trip from out of town. I’ll start with the positives, but read on for some important negatives.
First off the place itself was exactly as described and quite nice. It’s one of four units in a building. Two spacious bedrooms on either of a shared bathroom. Spacious living room, kitchen, and breakfast nook too. Dedicated parking spot in alley behind the building, some nice outdoor space. AND a friendly tuxedo cat named Flash. Was perfect for our needs which were quiet place to rest at night after long days of meetings. Clean. Nice cleaning lady.
Now for the negatives. Walls a little thin. Floors in units above are creaky so you will hear upstairs people walking and talking.
But here’s the main negative: Venice has many many homeless people and the closer you get to the beach (like two blocks away here), the more homeless you encounter. Google “Venice beach homeless” and see recent results. Might be a pandemic thing. The first night we pulled into the alley to park and encountered a homeless man with his pants down pooping right at the entrance to the alley. Did not sleep easy that first night after seeing that so close to the property. Not being familiar with the area I asked a few Uber drivers about it and they ALL said the same thing - that the area is mostly fine during the day, but try not to go out at night and stay away from the homeless as they can be aggressive. It’s a real shame because the property and surrounding properties are all multi-million dollar nice houses, but the city really needs to tackle this issue. I lived in NYC for nearly a decade so I’m used to homeless and have street smarts, but for someone else it might be even more jarring.
Punchline is this was a great place with great service, unfortunately tainted by the local homeless population. I’m glad I was here with my colleague and not my family.