As I understand it, Mario manages several apartments around Venice and this is not his personal home. He met us at the vaparetto stop (very close to the apartment) and was lovely to talk to (even let me practice my poor Italian - thank you!) He was friendly and very clear about everything as we checked in. He nsisted that we text with with ANY question, which I did end up texting and asking for a bacari recommendation which he responded to. The apartment was as described - being right on the water was certainly lovely. It was hot as hell during our stay in Venice and the apartment only had one working fan. So if you are someone who needs air conditioning - might want to consider a different style of hotel. We felt very much part of the city staying here. There were a few mosquitos in the apartment - no screens on the windows, but we had to keep them open due to the heat. I think he had some kind of mosquito repellent device set up in the bedroom, and I did not get bit during the night but I think I did in the living room.