A bit disappointed overall. The apartment could have been lovely with a couch or a curtain up, but as it was it was very very sparse. It was also not clean and the host had to refund as the cleaning fee. He was very apologetic but really leaving people with a dirty flat, a bedroom window without a curtain and not even a saucepan to cook with seems a bit lazy.
The location was good but be warned Venice beach is a bit rough and not as cute as we expected. Certainly difficult to navigate with a kid (lots of homeless people everywhere). Perhaps if we had somewhere comfortable to sit and a way to cook meals we wouldn’t have had to wonder around at night looking for food (and encounter all the scary characters). If I was to
Come back I would rent further up Main Street closer to Santa Monica and enjoy both Venice and a safer neighbourhood.