The Venice house has an excellent location, and is spacious enough for a 2 bedroom on the westside. The place was well stocked with essentials in the kitchen and bedrooms, and it was clean and well prepared.
I would say I had mixed feelings about the overall area, and space. So I made a pros and cons list. But I did give the place 4 stars because overall it was a great place to stay for the price.
PROS:
- Great location, can walk to many beautiful restaurants, coffee shops and of course steps away from the beach.
- Clean, well stocked and has everything you need.
- Nice interior design, aesthetically pleasing
- Accommodating hosts, they responded back by email fairly quickly
- Parking space for a car
CONS:
- Venice felt quite unsafe, not intended for families or elderly. There were many homeless people in the alley and streets, we saw one openly shooting up with a needle in the parking lot while walking our dog.
- Apartment is quite old, and with that, the downstairs unit was really dark, and like little to no natural and indoor lighting. There were no screens on windows, and no A/C so if it got hot you would open windows and feel unsafe because of homeless people, or mosquitos would come in.
- Noise. The streets have a lot of people and cars passing by. The house walls are quite thin, we were able to hear every footstep the upstairs neighbor made during hours of the night.