Marco’s apartment has the potential of being a nice place to stay but unfortunately there are several short comings that are quite frustrating. Firstly, there is no living room/lounge - more accurately, there is a room, but it has no furniture except for a wardrobe! The only place to socialize is in the kitchen! The chairs are extremely uncomfortable and there is no air-con in the room! As a result, we were forced to sit on one another’s bed to chat! Hardly what one would expect in view of the apartment’s cost! There are several basics that the apartment is missing: a wine opener, a bottle opener, an oven mit(the handle of the pans are metal!), a kettle, an ice cube tray, large glasses, wine glasses, a toaster, an ironing board and iron, tea towels to dry dishes, a colander, etc. The kitchen was not suitably equipped and we had to go out and purchase some basics, including an iron. Marco claimed that irons were prohibited - I rented an airbnb in Venice(rated it 5 stars and where I would have booked again had it been available) - all that I listed as missing was included including the iron and ironing board! We even had a Lavazza Espresso Machine! My brother also rented in Venice and again gave a 5 star rating - the apt had all amenities, including an iron! The wardrobes were also a problem. Although beautiful and covered with mirrors, they did not fit woman’s dresses, skirts or trousers! The wardrobes were too short and the clothes could not hang properly! I ended up hanging things on the clothes tree in the hall. There was no suitable storage for clothes. We ended up placing our folded clothes in the wardrobe - not really a practical way to pile clothes! We stayed for 8 days but were only provided with one set of bed linens, one bath towel and one hand towel each!!!! Hardly suitable for the length of stay and although there is a washer, there would be no way to dry these in a suitable timeframe! Renters should also be aware that one of the bedroom’s walls is only partial, it does not go up to the ceiling and has a sliding door. This does not provide the privacy that one would expect for a bedroom. Marco did meet me at the Vaporetto stop and escorted me back to the apt. He provided a map of Venice and some restaurant recommendations. Unfortunately, he did not have any map that showed where we were located. The apt is off the beaten path through an obscure tangle of streets. After he departed, I spent almost 2 hours hand drawing a map as I sorted out the way to the vaporetto stop. My travel companion was arriving late that evening, and I was terrified that I would neither be able to find the stop nor return home! It would have been a simple fix had Marco drawn a map...