The positives:
This Airbnb is in a great location, just a block from the beach, super close to Abbott Kinney, and a quick bike ride to Santa Monica.
The house is very charming.
The neighbours are friendly and it’s quite peaceful, considering how close it is to the very active Venice Boardwalk.
The house had lots of towels, and the kitchen had everything you needed for cooking, etc…
I loved the natural lighting in the house. The garden is pretty.
The host was quick to respond to my messages.
The negatives are:
The house felt very unkept.
Walls were dirty. Pee stains around the toilets, food splattered on the walls in the kitchen, garbage under the beds from previous guests. Food stuck on the furniture, the front porch was rotten. I spent a whole day just giving the house a thorough cleaning.
The ACs were very loud and very old. You couldn’t really have them on for very long cause they were so noisy. We were there during a heat wave and couldn’t even open most windows as they either had no screens or the screens were broken, letting in lots of mosqitoes. It was frustrating.
Other people used the front gate to the Airbnb, so there were always people walking around the house, not much privacy.
Really loud at night with helicopters flying over the house and always sirens going.
The king size bed I could feel the springs. No extra sheets to be found.
Over all it was disappointing. For what we paid (A LOT) this house should have been clean. It really needs new air conditioners and screens on all the windows. Horrible to be in that heat and not be in a comfortable house.
Also, some of the beach furniture were broken including the lawn furniture.
It would be great if you got HBO and more TV channel options, even Netflix.