This is an excellent rental, marred by listing of an important amenity that does not really exist. The amenity is on-site parking. While there is a space potentially available, the hosts do not want you to use it, instead treating access to it almost as a favor, and it is not very convenient to the rental cottage.
In contrast to the AirBnb amenity listing, the welcome note I received included: "Street parking is free, but beware Monday and Tuesday is street cleaning 8:30-10:30am. If you have any problems or can’t find any parking on the weekend, you can park on our driveway or we will reserve a street parking for you." I'd been staying nearby, where street parking was a problem every day. So I went through two rounds of pressing the hosts about this and even contacted AirBnb, before the hosts cited access to the driveway. But again, this was more in the tone of a favor. In addition, the driveway is at the front of the host's house, while the cottage is a couple of houses around the corner and up the alleyway. However... during the week, the street parking at the end of the alley did, in fact, turn out to be easy. I'd been staying nearby off a busy street, where this was not the case, so the parking here was a pleasant surprise. Given the popularity of the area, I would expect weekend street parking to be quite difficult. Still, "on site parking" should be removed from the list of amenities.
Countering all this is that this is an exceptional studio rental. Large, bright, and very, very much better appointed than a typical commercial AirBnb rental. It really is a well-designed and well-furnished, fully-functional studio apartment. And the shower was a treat. Even the Internet access was quite good. Also the neighborhood was surprisingly quiet, in marked contrast to the place I'd been staying at nearby.
I was born in Los Angeles and went to college here but had never wandered the nearby canals of Venice. The homes there still have quite a bit of personality, though it is starting to get overbuilt with large, sterile homes.