We had a great month long stay and would happily stay at this beach house again. We traveled to have more space for our family of 5 to spread out during the pandemic and walking access to outdoor, physically distanced activity. Twany’s place delivered.
The location of the house was ideal for enjoying SoCal beach life without ever having to get in a car: 5 min walk to the sand (beach is wide so another 3 to the water), right on the canal (we ordered an inflatable boat/raft off Amazon and could access canal through gap in hedges near front of house for after dinner paddles), a block off the bike path/route (can ride south through MDR to Manhattan beach or north through Venice to Pacific Palisades), and 10 min walk to Mother’s Beach on the Marina (can rent kayaks and paddle boards, but beware of sting rays in swim area). The one downside to location was noise at night as many nights we woke up to what sounded like firecrackers right outside the house or loud cars speeding down Washington Blvd.
The home is large and well equipped (we cooked every meal at the house and the only cookware I wish they had which they didn’t was a liquid measuring cup). Beds were comfortable, large garage had space for minivan and bikes, two beach chairs to bring to beach, small yard in front along canal with grill (two large patios on 2nd and 3rd floor were better outdoor spaces to hang out as fair amount of foot traffic along canal and patios had nice views of canal), large TV in living room with cable (one in master as well but we had trouble getting cable to work so used our Chromecast we brought to vast from phone).
Twany was a friendly host and responsive. This is the longest we’ve stayed in an Airbnb and during unique circumstances (pandemic) so some things were bound to come up. We were in touch w her a couple times and some things that would be easily resolved in normal times were more challenging (for example prior guest had moved TV out of 3rd floor bedroom and put in closet on first floor. Twany offered to have maintenance for the building come in and move back to 2nd master . However, we didn’t want to risk exposure to covid and opted not to have anyone come in house), but she was always very understanding and helpful.