Mariann and Mark's place was as advertised. My husband and I stayed there for 2 nights. The room and the bathroom were both clean. The wifi in the room worked great and the coffee maker and fridge was an added bonus. Mariann and Mark's dog Sasha was a delight. We were easily able to walk to Main Street, the 3rd St. Promenade and the beach. Croissants and fruit were provided each morning.
One word of advice. We arrived on January 2nd, the New Years Day stat holiday In the late afternoon. We immediately asked for a parking permit (as advertised) for their street to avoid getting a parking ticket. They told us not to worry about it as it was a stat holiday and that they would get us one later. We then went out for the evening. The next morning we asked again for a parking permit. We were provided a permit that morning and immediately went to put it in our car but had already got a parking ticket. Our hosts mailed a copy of the ticket and a copy of the permit to the Parking Violation office. We are now waiting to see if the City of Santa Monica will forgive the ticket since we did have a pass. Long story short, make sure you have the parking permit for your car!