The location is good and very close to the beach and some shops. You can’t get much closer than this apartment.
That being said, I’d say just be careful. I was a single female coming for a healthcare job and some of the tenants staying here and some of the homeless population that hangs around the building made me uneasy. My bike got stolen from directly outside of the building chained heavy duty to my car while living here. The outside door system stopped working and I got locked out in the late hours one night with the landlord forgetting to notify me of the situation and resulting in me uncomfortably getting the hidden key out Infront of homeless/ current tenants doing drugs when the landlord finally returned my call. There was lots of hard hard drug use done on the porch while I stayed here. I had to get a lot of repairs on my place, as it’s a more dated building,with a musty smell, an old gas stove that leaked, and with older appliances. The floors were sticky and the carpet is very old and sort of smells. The WiFi went out a lot, the headboard fell on my head while I was sleeping.Inside the building/ room is very noisy. You hear everyone outside. You hear your neighbors. You hear everything.
It was also a bit unsettling to be here during Covid as people are everywhere outside of the apartment. And internally there was no evidenced precautions being taken.
Some of the negatives of this stay were associated more with the location of Venice versus the hosts accountability. Examples included parking on the street was very challenging, especially on the weekend. But internally, between broken heaters, gas leaks, laundry app not working, WiFi not working, noisiness, and general cleanliness of the apartment - I just wouldn’t personally have stayed here quite as long for the price again.
The host was prompt to respond usually and was friendly. Just wasn’t used to having to contact for so many repairs during a stay at an Airbnb. Overall, I’d say it was an okay stay for a quick stay but wouldn’t recommend for longer term like I did.