Buddy is very sweet. His place is very artsy, has an international guesthouse/hostel feel so not for everyone but it is simple, clean and has a lot of character! It is conveninentmy locates as well, 20min walk to Abbott-Kinney shopping and restaurants street, 30/40min walk to the beach. Easy to Uber, bike or use one of those Bird electric little scooter that are everywhere in Santa Monica and Venice. It was a pleasure staying there!