This is an AMAZING apartment. The views are beautiful in every direction, and it was warm and cozy. Most days, there is an accordion player in the campo below the window and you can hear it faintly in the house, which adds to the ambiance. The kitchen is excellently equipped with really nice appliances, and the bathroom is large and comfortable. This is a truly unique place, very modern and artistic inside but with the views on all sides, you always feel like you are truly in Venice. There is plenty of space, I did yoga here each day, and there's a lot of table space so a couple can both set up laptops and have a good comfortable area of their own. There is also a really excellent little restaurant just steps outside the door called Antica Osteria Ardenghi, and other great restaurants very close by, as well as a bar serving Venetian snacks, and a few shops with things like pens and leather goods, and it's a very short walk to some pharmacies and grocery stores. It's a little out of the way from the tourist areas which means a more comfortable stay, it's less crowded and more authentic, yet not a long walk from the major sights.
As for the host, she and her family were very easy to reach, prompt when we needed assistance, and left us our privacy the rest of the time. Caterina's English was very good, and when she was out of town her father was still available for anything we needed - he didn't speak any English but when we did have a couple of small problems (there was a leak under the kitchen sink that was easily fixed, and we needed label stickers for the recycling like they use in Venice) we were able to tell Caterina who explained to her father and he solved each problem immediately. We adored this place and would love to stay here again next time we return to Venice!