If you're looking for a very Venice experience, this is a good start. Convenient to everything — restaurants, Whole Foods (not typical Venice, I know!), beach, etc. The house is a home with a lot of personality. It shows its age, but that adds to the charm. Very comfortable, with great, ample space, and a good, well equipped kitchen. No TV but good wifi. We were there on particularly chilly days for LA — the heat worked well but it's an older drafty house. The sunny kitchen was my favorite spot as the rest of the house is kinda dark in deep winter, but surely would make it nice and cool in summer. Denise was away, so we never met her, but she was lovely and communicative via messages.