We stayed at Valerio's apartment for 3 days while in Venice. It was great that Valerio offers pick up/drop of services. He picked us up from the train station, and took us to the apartment. The area is really quaint and quiet which we really loved after staying in a busy city like Rome. We definitely felt like one of the locals. Valerio provided a lot of details about Mestre during our ride to the apartment. He thoroughly provided details and he spoke really good English which made communication easy. The apartment had a washing machine which was awesome because we packed light and was running out of clean clothes. The apartment is not stylish, but it has everything that you will need. The tram to get to Venice Island is really easy to take and walk to. The only suggestion we have is to have new pillows since the pillow in the bedroom is deflated. Overall, great location and will definitely stay here again next time we visit Venice/Mestre.