Although there are some nice features in the living room and bedrooms, the apartment is not as nice as it looks in the pictures. The kitchen and bathroom are pretty bare bones and fairly dated. The apartment was also missing some key essentials in the kitchen and bathroom.
I would also warn that the surrounding streets are full of homeless people living on the street and in vans nearby. Their presence was a constant problem. The apartment itself was behind a locked gate and I never felt in danger in the unit, but did not feel comfortable walking around alone at night. Despite the immediate streets around the unit, overall Venice is a great area to stay in LA and I had a lot of fun in the neighborhood.