If anything, the apartment was better than we expected, both in terms of the apartment itself and its location. It is large, spotless, and well stocked. It's on a quiet canal in Dorsoduro, a residential neigborhood (lots of actual Venetians around) that is nonetheless a 15m walk from San Marco. The company that owns the apartment is extremely responsive and helped us out quite a few times, both in recommending things and in helping us to recover a stroller that we left in the apt when we checked out. Highly recommended.