My wife and I really wanted to like this place and location, but do your research before staying in Venice so close to the boardwalk. Inherently, the location
Is hindered by a large homeless population, one that we hadn’t expected. We appreciated the antique tile, but didn’t seem to be the cleanest. There was no central air, and therefore you need to keep the windows open to get any air flow into the house to stay cool. Additionally, the windows didn’t stay open by themselves, requiring us to prop them up with items we had, e.g. books and other odds and ends.
The kitchen was very unkempt; drawers were broken and falling apart. The kitchen was also riddled and infested with fruit flies. The sink’s drain and garbage disposal was full of them, and we didn’t even bother using the water from the kitchen sink to avoid disrupting them.
If you have dogs with you like we did, be wary of the rear unit tenant. He became very irate and confrontational when he heard our dogs barking a few times when he kept rolling in garbage bins from outside and Into the common front patio area. Seeing as the windows needed to be propped open during the day to let in air flow, dogs are going to be heard barking, especially to loud garbage cans being dragged into the front yard. He was rude and told us “I don’t wanna hear it”, among other rude and unnecessary obscenities. He accused our dogs of barking constantly the previous day, when they were with us the entire time and hadn’t barked profusely like he had claimed. We did notice another dog in the vicinity, either upstairs in the unit above or perhaps a neighbors next door that kept barking throughout the night; perhaps that was the dog he was referring to. At any rate, his confrontational demeanor and rude attitude was not appreciated, and ruined the vibe of our stay. We ended up leaving early the next day and decided we had enough of Venice.