Steve was a top notch, professional host. Location is great - calm street a couple blocks from the beach and a 3 minute walk to bars and restaurants in Venice. The apartment is cozy, but well set-up. The only two drawbacks are that because it is a ground floor flat, it doesn't get the best natural light into the windows and the ceiling is quite a thin floor so you can hear the people moving around in the above apartment.
It also comes with a super convenient parking spot.
Overall, I had a good stay for three weeks.