The place is great! Only about a mile from the beach. Heidi provided bikes for us to access making traveling in the Venice/Santa Monica area hassle free. Though the bikes are pretty old, they're totally serviceable.
House is a duplex, which was a surprise, but certainly not a problem. All in all, it's mostly a place to sleep but that has a lot to do with the neighborhood being packed full of great stuff to do. We enjoyed our stay!