This guest space is perfect if you travel light and appreciate a highly personalized decor with a cool, funky vibe. We travel with more stuff than when we were backpackers, so we found it a little hard to find room to unpack our luggage.

We had mostly picked Chris and Anza's place for its location and great patio. We are repeat visitors to this part of Los Angeles but the weather still managed to surprise us; May Gray was in full force and it made the place feel a bit airless with the windows closed. The owners provide an air purifier and a heater for such times. As soon as the sun came out the place got all its charm back and we were able to appreciate the great garden and patio, which is a lovely place to relax in the late afternoon. We also enjoyed the nice touches, like good linens, snacks and a bottle of water left for us by the hosts.

Communication with Chris was quick and clear. The garden house and patio are behind the main house, but it remains private.

Note that as of May 2016, there is a new house being built two houses away from this Airbnb. Nothing much that our hosts could do about it... Venice is becoming gentrified at an amazing speed and houses are being renovated on almost about every street. Fortunately the hum of the air purifier muffled the hammering noise and let us sleep in a little longer.