In terms of location, this apartment was centrally located in the Jewish ghetto. It was in the main area right around all the synagogues and kosher restaurants, so if you're interested in maintaining that lifestyle while in Venice, then this apartment is perfect. There are also some really lovely art galleries, jewelry shops, and little bodegas so if you want to do any shopping, then this is also a great place to tour around.
The check-in process was very good. We actually arrived early, and we thought that we would just have to find a place to store our bags, but Giacomo was very gracious and worked with us to check us in early—and it was New Year's Day! We actually went to another location (a hotel several blocks away) to check in, so just be aware that you may not check in at the actual apartment, but everything is so close in Venice, so it wasn't a problem for us. It was actually very nice that the woman who was part of the cleaning crew walked us to the apartment, since she would be cleaning the place at that time, so we knew exactly where we were going. We were able to drop off our bags right there and she said that she would be cleaning the place for the next several hours. We then took that time to walk around Venice and do our own touring. By the time we came back, everything was clean. It worked out great.
The apartment had a master bedroom with one bed, 2 bedrooms each with 2 beds, and 2 bathrooms. There was a kitchen and a living area.
The apartment had a nice modern feel to it, and there was so much potential for the apartment to be amazing, but unfortunately, it fell flat for a few reasons. Firstly, the beds were extremely uncomfortable. You could feel the springs in the mattresses. To have such a lovely apartment and then be so uncomfortable each night and wake up with a sore back and neck because of the mattresses was disappointing. The chairs in the living room looked very modern but were similarly uncomfortable. Secondly, although we had two bathrooms, both of them were not completely functional. One of them had a shower where you had to close both doors, but the doors kept coming off the tracks so you had to be extremely careful when moving them (while being handy I was able to fix the doors when they came off, it was disappointing that I needed to do so), and the shower was so incredibly small that you could barely turn around in it. In the other bathroom, it had one of those hand-held shower heads, but the pole didn't go all the way up. It was like the old-style European bathtubs (but it was a totally modern bathroom!) where you had to hold the shower head, soap yourself up while you're freezing, then shower yourself off. And there was no shower curtain, so if you were to do all of that, you would have likely gotten the entire bathroom completely soaked. Ultimately, we couldn't use that part of the bathroom, so it was basically like a half-bath. Not terrible, but annoying. Finally, although it was great that the apartment had a washing machine (no dryer), there was no laundry detergent. When the cleaning person gave us the tour after she finished cleaning, she showed us around and told us that there was no soap so we would have to get our own. Again, not terrible, but annoying.
As I said, there was so much potential for the apartment, and all of the above issues really require a few small fixes. Upgrade the mattresses & living room chairs, fix the doors on the first bathroom, install a shower curtain and a full-size pole so you can adjust the shower head so an adult can stand in the tub without holding the shower head. Buy a few more amenities, like laundry soap, so guests don't feel like they have to go out and get the essentials that they need, in order to make their stay more enjoyable. If there had been only one or two of these issues, I would have overlooked everything, but all of these things together sort of put a dampener on the experience in the apartment.
If we came back to Venice (which we would love to do!), and these upgrades were made, I would stay in this apartment again.