Three of us thoroughly enjoyed our stay at this apartment. It is a good flat, with decent space, clean, tidy with all the necessities. The two bathrooms are very good, with strong showers, while the bedrooms are fine with comfy beds. The lounge area isn't as homely as one might think from the pics, but then again it is difficult to achieve this when the space is shared with kitchen (like most LA apartments). The location is great as it is a short and straight 5 min walk to Venice boardwalk and beach, and same the other way to Abbot Kinney blvd. It is however very noisy, earplugs are provided by the host for a reason. It is directly on a main road and the larger 'couple's' bedroom faces the traffic. The smaller rear bedroom still lets in noise, albeit a little less. But then again, this is the lively Venice area so it is to be expected, however an apartment even just a little further back from the main road would indeed improve this situation if one was weighing up alternatives. In any case, we ventured out all nights so wasn't too much of an issue for our stay, and if you plan the same (as one might expect with a stay in Venice) then you should have no issues either. Final note on location is that it is only a $5-8 Lyft or Uber fare away from the swankier bars and restaurants of Santa Monica. The host was very nice, super quick and polite in response to any communication and was nice enough to allow us to hold luggage in the apartment before check in so we could spend time on the beach. It was also a nice touch of her to have a bottle of wine to greet us!