We had a lovely weekend at Claudia's place. It's super close to both bus and train station, and located on a beautiful canal with plenty of nice cafe's and bars near by. Claudia also gave us lots of great recommendations within the local area which were well worth a visit.
Everything within Venice is on walking distance, if you can find your way around without getting lost in the 1000's of little alleyways, so being (slightly) away from the quite crowded city centre was absolutely fine for us.
Would highly recommend staying here.