We were met at the vaporetto stop as promised and quickly hustled to the apartment, albeit tersely. The place is exactly as described, and the location is good. We loved the canal door, and I sat and played guitar every day. The gondoliers are pleasant, which is good because the traffic is pretty regular, though not invasive, and privacy is controllable. Getting a response from the owner or manager is almost impossible, though. As I write this, I am back home in Canada and am still waiting for a response (8 days later and too late) to "would it be OK if we left our bags for a couple of hours after check out time?". The manager said we'd have to ask the owner, which made no sense and was very unhelpful, and we contacted the owner 3 days before check out.
If you are ok with this, the apartment is clean, secure, fairly modern, wifi is good, and the location is excellent for exploring Venice.