Lot of good things about this rental. Spacious and clean, gorgeous living room with all those windows, and SO close to the beach. Alex was communicative throughout the process, and check-in was easy. Upon arriving, I was surprised by how large the apartment was. One BR (with two queen beds) is huge, and the rest of the apartment feels very spacious. The two other BRs are small-ish, but they have closets for clothes, nightstands and lamps. The large living room is really nice and those windows let in great light. I would have preferred curtains on the windows to close at night (but it looks like curtains are going to be put up soon), and I also would have preferred a little more seating in the living room, but the two couches are comfy and seat five people pretty easily. Appreciated the Roku and access to Hulu and Netflix. The balcony is small, but it's nice to have a little balcony off the living room for some outside space. Everything was clean upon arrival, and I thought the apartment was stocked with most of what we needed for staying the week (though we needed to buy a few things like more toilet paper and coffee filters). Plenty of towels for showering, and a few beach towels were provided. All appliances, A/C, water, etc. were working well throughout our stay. Some fixtures are a little outdated and there is some wear and tear in the apartment, but overall it's nice and pretty modern-looking. Also, convenient parking (for three cars) in the basement garage.
You're pretty much a 1/2 block from the Venice Beach walkway and beach. You're about a 5 minute walk from restaurants (at various price points) and so many shops, and there's a coffee shop with pastries right around the corner from the apartment. Felt safe the entire time, though there are many people on Venice Beach boardwalk (especially at night), and there is typical street noise of a big city. It can get a little noisy if people are in the upstairs apartment. You can hear people walking upstairs very easily. The people up there were clearly having a party past midnight one night, and the floors/ceilings are not forgiving with the noise.
Overall, seemed a good deal for the price, size, and location.