This IS the place to stay in Venice CA! A charming cottage, aptly named Bright Cottage with its many windows in all rooms, we spent 2 lovely months here with our 2 little dogs. Situated on a quiet street but only 3 blocks to bustling Abbot Kinney Road with all its restaurants and shops and 300 feet from the small Pacific Resident Theater on Venice Blvd where we saw 2 plays during our stay. The Venice Public Library is only 4 blocks away and was easy to join with our Airbnb receipt. With the Venice canals, Venice Walk streets, Uber pool car rides into LA for many inexpensive museum trips, Erewhon Natural Foods 3 blocks away and Whole Foods only 1 mile, we were well nourished in all ways. Plus great restaurants on Abbot Kinney like The Tasting Kitchen and the 3 G's (Gjelina's, GTO and Gjusta) along with Rose Cafe, Zinque & many coffee trips to Intelligentsia...YUM, YUM!
Sharon and her manager Adam, are the PERFECT hosts and were more than accommodating. Adam met us for check in at 1AM when our flight was delayed, Sharon provided over and above TV programming, replaced the heater immediately when a problem arose and constantly stayed in touch via email & phone to make sure we were happy. Adam even gave me a ride to HomeDepot when I needed to pick up a shipping crate.
Inside the cottage was everything we could want, a fully stocked kitchen where we prepared 85% of our meals, a small, pleasant living room with sofa, large screen TV, a very comfortable queen size bed with enough closet space for 2 months of clothing, plus a bathroom with a wonderful, high water pressure shower/tub. The outside of the cottage is fully fenced in with tables and chairs, where we spent many afternoons with our dogs.
We are retired, AirBnbing around the world. We had just spent 3 months in Florida at an AirBnb on the beach. We stayed at Sharon's place for 2 months before heading to our next AirBnb in New York City. Our only regret is that we wish we had stayed at Sharon's longer!