Foxden: Historic Venice Beach Walk Street Bungalow

Beautiful house on the best walkstreet. Classic Venice!

Exactly as advertised! But honestly we had no idea what a great area this part of Venice was. We rode bikes to the beach every day and up and down Abbott Kinney where we ate at Gjelina twice. Hot tub was great. Felt very safe and secure the whole time. We were running low on Nespresso pods on day 2. Went to Whole Foods to buy some more — they don’t have’em!! No worries — the owner had 20 pods delivered to the house 40 min later. I would DEFINITELY stay here again, or at another one of Foxden’s properties.

What a lovely home!! It’s eclectic and cozy and well located to everything we wanted to do. Owners were friendly and responsive. Overall excellent experience!

Overall our stay was nice. The check-in process where they want you to sign a form so they can access your computer camera, was a bit intense.They also call you , they insist its mandatory, and make you sign that you won’t film there without paying a big fee. We had no intention of filming, it was just my husband, adult son and myself. We showed up and there were a lot of sketchy people in the lane, but they do have a locked area to park and a locked gate to the property which is great.. We couldn’t access the front walkway of the house property by the fence, due to the huge flood of water , but I think there is a pathway you can use to walk to the sites in the area, if you want to go that way. The second bedroom ( outside in another smaller building) does not have an adjoining bathroom. So whoever stays in that bedroom has to walk outside, use the keypad to access the main house, and then go inside to use the second bathroom. This we were not aware of before booking. This is a nuisance for anyone at night, and frankly not too comfortable if you have sleepwear on or underwear and cameras are watching you. We have outside cameras on all our 4 homes, but I have never seen out side cameras that actually face directly into the house. The camera should be set against the main house to look down at the doors and across the property. That was very unsettling and we could only close the drapes at the front of the house where that camera partially faced into the house and could be seen from the kitchen. The back of the house, where the person has to walk into the second bathroom , has no drapes. So if you are thinking of going into the hot tub, just realize someone is watching you all the time. The hot tub was great and very hot, which was a bonus. Other than that and the fact it was cold when we came and its an old house with varying temperatures depending on the rooms, it was a nice stay. Nicely decorated and beds comfortable. The microwave is above the fridge, so that can be an issue when removing hot coffee or soup, and impossible for younger children to make popcorn , which may be a concern for some.