Giovanni was very helpful and met us after midnight at the boat stop which was very welcome. He has a very informative information pack in the flat and there was a selection of basic cooking ingredients such as oil, salt and pepper and some toiletries in the bathroom which saves having to shop for these / lug them over. It's a comfortable and clean flat in an 'authentic', lived-in part of Venice. The immediate neighbourhood isn't the most picturesque, but nothing is more than 15/20 min walk away.