We stayed in the apartment for a week with a couple of friends. Jenny and Tom were great hosts! The apartment is clean, airy and bright. Garage space is very good. The apartment is close to main shopping streets and restaurants both in Venice and Santa Monica. We had 2 bikes for our use and that worked perfectly. There were also surfboards, which we did not use. Jenny and Tom have dogs, but they were really careful with leaving them inside. Bedrooms are in lower level and leaving room and kitchen in the upper level. Terrace was great for barbecue. There was only a small incident when one of the electrical fuses stopped working but it was repair the next morning. One thing that could be improved is wifi receptions in the bedrooms, which was intermittent. Other than that, we had a great time in a great place!