We enjoyed our one week stay at this Venice CA airbnb. The unit was clean and well equipped when we arrived and the hosts were responsive and helpful dealing with a couple of minor issues - more about that later. The home is part of a cluster of cottages built in the early 1900s and located 1 block from the beach. There were detailed lists provided by the hosts of local restaurants and amenities that we found very helpful.
The weather when we were in Venice was cool and the hosts had three portable space heaters running when we arrived, so I’m not certain if there is central heating or not. Normally this would not be an issue. We had two problems during our stay. First, we lost power to about half of the electrical outlets when a breaker tripped - presumably, because we were heating water while the space heaters were on. We couldn’t find the breaker box, but the host was fairly quick to come over and show us where it is located. Again, this is probably not normally an issue. The second problem was related to the arcane system of locks comprising the security system for the unit. There is an outdoor gate with a battery powered keypad lock. It opens a small door in the gate through which you access the gate latch. Once inside the gate you then open the front door with a key. The gate keypad started to act erratically and eventually failed when we returned from dinner one night. The hosts weren’t available at that moment so I had to unlock the gate by standing on my rental car. The next day the issue was promptly addressed by the hosts.
This unit is comfortable, well equipped and the hosts are accomodating and helpful, but it is old and for us at least, a bit quirky and may not be to everyone’s taste or comfort level.