This was indeed a pleasant experience and we highly recommend this apartment. There is a nice, cozy & local atmosphere within and we felt very much at home. It is perfectly located in a quiet residential area with bakery, local restaurants and vine bars less than 100m away, and yet only 3 minutes walk from the Strada Nova with many touristic shop and the vaparretto stop Ca d'Oro. Shortly after booking we got a very good 4-paged infoguide from our host Rodolfo by email; The apartment, the nearby area, how to get here and local recommendations were all thoroughly explained. We also got a precopy of the house rules to sign upon arrival. Before arrival we had very good contact with Filippo (the nephew of Rodolfo) and he was awaiting our arrival. He is a very nice and charming person that helped with our luggage and made us feel at home right away. He was also very responsive during our stay. The apartment is very clean and exactly as shown in the pictures. From the living room and two of the bedrooms we had some view of the lagune north of Venice (though somewhat blocked by a building on the oppersite side of the next canal). The birds (mostly seagulls) can be somewhat loud but otherwise it is a very quite area. Just outside the apartment is a small path that is shared with the next door neighbour and there is an iron-gate that will prevent other residents from within the building from entering this area as the gate has to remain locked. This seemed completely unnecessary as the building itself is very quiet and absolutely no threads seems to exist neither within the building nor from the outside and as the building itself also is locked at the main entrance, but this was an agreement with the nextdoor neighbour that we had to respect. It was not a problem though, just seemed a little strange. The apartment has a very nice satellite TV system with loads of news- and movie channels from all over Europe. It also had a sound system that we did not use. The WiFi and all household appliances also worked very well. In summary: this apartment is very nice and we would not hesitate to stay here again next time we get to Venice.