Maria´s place was our home in Los Angeles for three days. We loved staying here. It is a very quaint well decorated little fully equipped house. Had everything we needed and most importantly it was pristine clean. Maria was ultra responsive to all our queries though we did not get to meet her. We were really very happy to be able to stay here as we felt so at home.
Parking is not a problem right in front of the house, just watch out for street cleaning once a week.
Public transportation to down town was a short 30 mins bus or a 10 min walk to the train station for a 20 min ride. Super convenient.
Lots of great little restaurants in the area short driving distance away.
Only concern is that it might get a little warm during the summer days, at night opening windows would be sufficient if you dont mind the noise in the morning.
The property is on the north side of Venice (we would have preferred the south side) but still a nice area and convenient.
I rent a place in San Diego so it did seem a little on the expensive side compared to that, but given that it is a complete house and you have full privacy this adds value.