My girlfriend and I were on vacation and instead of getting a hotel I gave Airbnb a shot for the first time. So upon looking, we found Rob's place and liked it because it had two rooms and a kitchen area. We don't know much about LA or Venice but upon arriving we realized this may not have been the best neighborhood for our visit. On the second night of our stay my girlfriend swore she heard a gunshot very close by as we were driving.
There were no pictures of the outside so we did not know exactly where the house was when we arrived but we figured it out.
The place definitely looked different than in pictures. It didn't look as clean or as bright in the pictures and the decor was a little less welcoming.
Nonetheless we made it our home for the next 4 days. What my girlfriend was not thrilled about was not knowing whether or not things were clean - the couch didn't look or feel as clean, and neither did the bed. The mattress and pillows were seemed pretty old and you wouldn't know when the sheets were last changed.
My girlfriend and I just had a feeling that it may not have been cleaned since Rob had said he may not have been able to tidy up the place from the last guests. I'm assuming he did what he could but probably not the sheet on the couch or bedsheets/pillowcases.
Two days in, on the Saturday there I noticed an ant on me as I was sitting on the couch. Then on Sunday I noticed another one on the couch.
we were gone most of the day so we didn't notice much and were on the couch only briefly every night.
Come Tuesday morning my girlfriend was on the couch and I noticed at least 20+ ants on the couch and she freaked. It maybe from the previous guest that might've left food around, but my girlfriend wasn't very happy.
Needless to say we stuck it out and kept mainly to ourselves. When we left we told rob about the ants.
For those who are looking for a place near the beach I recommend somewhere in the Santa Monica area.