I loved my stay. The property was responsive and accommodating to all my inquiries and everything was as described. This is a great place to enjoy Santa Monica and surrounding areas. It allows you to literally step from the back door onto the sand, walk to town in minutes, or bike/run/walk up and down the ocean front without ever seeing a car. The unit was clean and nicely decorated, with great natural light and view of the ocean. The position is unbeatable unless you are looking for a quiet place where you can sleep late on a Saturday. It can be very noisy at all hours of the night and during my 11 weeks stay it was not uncommon to have people blasting music, yelling or smoking just under my window. On Friday and Saturday night, sleeping with the windows open can be challenging. In fairness, this is not something that the property can do anything about, it is how Santa Monica has unfortunately evolved. The same can be said about the beach. A big effort is made to keep it clean, but the high influx of disrespectful people that visit this area make the beach in the stretch from Santa Monica to Venice not as enjoyable as it could be. The stretch north of the pier is in my opinion much better and overall cleaner.