Nice place, great location.
However, if you are uncomfortable with homeless people literally sleeping up against the house, laying on the entrance way, asking you for drugs as you walk in/out of garage, and defecating on the driveway, this is not the place for you. Be aware, it is Venice, after all.
Other than that, the place was fine.
Property manager, Andrew (not the owner), who interacted with us on site was kind and attentive. Would have felt more like a proper Airbnb experience had we been hosted by the actual host / owner, but not a huge deal. Either way, Andrew promptly sorted out any issues we had.
Location is unbeatable. Right by the pier / ocean.
Nice chatty neighbor who was helpful and reassured us when we didn’t feel comfortable with the homeless folks situation. He even gave pro tips about how to easily clean up the human feces.....let it dry for a couple days, apparently, and comes up in one piece. Lucky, Andrew, the property manager, swiftly came over and sorted it....we weren’t ok with waiting a couple days or cleaning it up ourselves.
Interior is generally as photographed. Spacious and comfortable. Great kitchen. Huge master bedroom.
Floors were really dirty, need to wear slippers or just keep your shoes on. We found being barefoot or in socks to be unpleasant. There was an ‘old house’ smell to the place when we arrived. We either got used to it or it went away after a day or so.
Prior to our arrival, as we were coming from China with our infant son, I had asked the host to help buy a $25 IKEA height chair that we would reimburse him for (and that he could keep at house for future guests). We were told to order / pay for it ourselves and have it delivered. Not a big deal, but as rental fee was north of USD 5,000 for our stay at his place, we expected he could handle this tiny request for us.
I wouldn’t recommend this place to families with kids for the above reasons. We genuinely felt unsafe with the homeless people situation. But, with no kids and a group of friends, this place is fine.