Secluded Venice Beach Garden Bungalow

This is a wonderful stay a short walk from the Venice canals and just as close to the beach. Carol is a fantastic host and I hope to visit again in the future!

Beautiful location in close proximity to the Canal District.Within walking distance of the Venice Pier and beach, as well as cafés, restaurants, and shops.We spent 12 relaxing days here. A lovely, small, and quiet garden.Many thanks and warm regards to Carol.Christoph from Munich

Great location for the money. Close to the canals and not far from the beach! Enjoyed our stay.

I stayed for about 3 weeks and was happy with everything. The place was really comfortable, and quiet.For groceries I mainly used Instacart. Also, Erewhan, Ralphs, and Whole Foods weren't too far either. The kitchen was easy to use.I was taking the 33 bus to Gold's Gym and to Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica. The immediate neighbourhood and surrounding areas are awesome.The host was perfect.Was living my best life on the boardwalk and skate park.

I've stayed at Carol's backyard apartment four times in the past 10 years. You won't find a better value for a short stay in Venice Beach. The location is in the quiet end of Venice, and the beach is just a short walk away, through the cute canal area. Everything you need is in walking distance, restaurants, groceries, the beautiful bike/walk path, the Venice pier, bike rentals, etc. And LAX is just 15 minutes away.The small but convenient cabin has everything two people need: nice shower, well-equipped kitchen, a big comfy bed (you pull out the bed frame to turn it from a single into a king), good wifi, DirectTV, and so on.Best of all is your host, Carol, who lives in the main house and is always available to take care of anything you need. The rest of the time she stays out of the way, and gives you privacy. It's not fancy, but it offers amazing value in one of the nicest beach neighborhoods in LA.

Friendly host, great location. The living space is a bit dated but worked well for our purpose as we were mostly out and about. As others noted, no storage space for clothes. Relatively easy and free street parking.

We had a wonderful stay at this property. It was exactly as described and the location was perfect. We stayed based upon all of the positive reviews and we agree with them whole heartedly. It was central to everything and we easily moved about the city. The hosts and their cute dog were wonderful also. Very friendly, easy to deal with and gave us lots of great recommendations. We'd highly recommend anyone to stay here and we know that we'll be back!!

There were a few positives, the owner is extremely nice, met us when we arrived and gave us good details, and dishes, silverware, bed sheets, shampoo, and a luggage rack are provided. The owner has a very friendly dog that loves to play, and the location is great. That's about all of the positives though, as far as negatives, there is no storage areas, the one and only closet is full of the owners clothes, so you are living out of a suitcase for your entire stay. The drawers are also full of the owners things or bed sheets, so those cannot be used either. There is no bathroom sink, you must use the kitchen sink for everything. The shower is made for short skinny people, if you don't meet this criteria, you might have problems. I am 5'7, about 175 and I struggled, the shower head is a little taller than I am and there is not much room to move around. There is a skylight in the ceiling, so the entire room is lit up with sunlight at 6am, whether you want it to be or not, and there is mold and cobwebs around the skylight, and the garage door is sealed with tape and the tape is peeling and moldy. The mattress on the bed is extremely thin and hard, so we had difficulties sleeping. The kitchen cabinet door does not stay closed, so you run into it when you turn around. This bungalow is actually a garage that has been cheaply converted into a very small bungalow, and it appears there isn't much maintenance given to fix things.

This little bungalow is nothing fancy, but it's clean and well equipped for an amazing stay at the quiet end of Venice Beach, at a price that can't be beat for a beachy stay in LA. The host, Carol, couldn't be more awesome, and you'll walk through the Venice Canals to get to a quiet, lovely stretch of beach. You can watch the surfers, walk or bike the beach path, and then have world-class food at Venice's amazing restaurants. That's what we always do anyway! By the way, Carol also supplies two perfect beach chairs and an umbrella.

Walking distance to Venice beach. Quiet residential area with free parking. Great stay.