Raaj's place is about 40 minutes’ walk from Santa Monica beach. You can walk to the beach, its pretty flat and slightly downhill road, and so no worries going down, but walking back maybe too much!! if you are not a walker. However, Uber is super inexpensive and gets you there in less than 5 minutes. Therefore I would say it’s a good location. It felt Safe!! His place is clean and comfy and his patio is super cool and cute, very nicely done and good place to chill. He has just about everything a traveler may need when away from home. Great Communication throughout!!. Whole Foods is walking distance, so great for picking up food. On Saturday morning 9-1pm there is a fabulous Farmers Market nearby, so that was a nice discovery. All is all it was a good choice, good pricing and would definitely consider coming again.