The apartment was OK, smaller than expected but it met our immediate needs. The apartment is in good order and clean, It is however not a home and used purely for tourist purposes (i.e. holiday flat). Hence, do not expect much in terms of character and an adequate kitchen. If youre looking to get an essence of what local life in Venice is all about, then I would reccommend to look elsewhere.

As for the host. Sylvia was a very responsive and even though the we felt some of her "rules" were perculiar, she is definetely reliable and easily reachable. A couple of noteworthy points below:

Watch out for the 50 EURO late arrival fee. This appears to be payable even if the late arrival is outside of your control. My outbound flight to Venice was cancelled due to strikes in Belgium. Thankfully we were able to avoid paying this fee, as a friend was already in Venice who collected the key on my behalf.

I also wasnt particuartly keen on having to pay the 6 EURO tourism fee in cash. This lacked any sort of transparency and in my case required us to run the nearest cash machine before our depature. Such fees, if indeed a requirement, should be bundled in the accommodation fee and not paid out separately.

On the evening of my arrival, I was also asked to send copies of my passport due to anti-terroism leglistation. I obliged, though I felt this to be an unusual request, bearing in mind AirBnB has passport checking service, should proof of identity be a requirement prior to the confirmation of any booking.