I'm not one to write negative reviews, and this isn't meant to be negative but truthful to those wanting to make a decision of where to stay. My daughter and I visited France and Italy for 2 weeks and stayed in a total of 5 Airbnb's. Three were fantastic and I would stay in again in a heartbeat, but the other two I would not. Cleanliness, location, comfort, and quiet are important to me when staying somewhere and sometimes original listings and pictures can be misleading.
The flat was in a decent area and close to San Marco's but the small canal outside the windows to the flat was where the trash barge picks up trash from about 7am to 10am in the mornings. In general there is a lot going in this square and some noise from the bar, etc. is expected but the trash barge is EXTREMELY loud even if you are a heavy sleeper. If you're up and out by 7am then not a lot of worry for you. If I can back to Venice I wouldn't stay on a canal because it would be much quieter. If you have a flight out and want to get a good sleep before your flight it might be difficult here.
The living room is comfortable and spacious and looked pretty clean. We didn't use the kitchen much but it looked clean and well stocked. There is a washing machine in there that works which was nice and a dryer in the utility room which also worked.
The hallway needs to be cleaned and repainted for there are a lot of scuff marks on the walls and looks dirty.
The first bedroom has two twin beds and like others have said are hard with very flat pillows. The comforters were really gross and had quite a few old stains on them and the walls were dirty and scuffed which all added to a dirty feeling.
The master bedroom was pretty much the same, but also had dead mosquitos on the ceiling. We too had to kill a bunch while we were there. If you are allergic to them I wouldn't ever go to Venice. A day trip would have been enough to see Venice and get a feel for it, but I wish I spent those days and extended our time in Florence which was fabulous.
The bathrooms are ok but there was a HUGE spider in one of the showers and the stainless steel organizers are dirty and gross on the underside of them. A deep cleaning there would. Bathrooms were clean other than that and showers worked and were nice.
In the closets there are quite a few down comforters but every single one had stains on them including one that had what looked like old blood stains. They all need to be thrown out and replaced as well as the bedspreads and new, comfortable pillows would be nice. The walls need to be cleaned and repainted in about half the place.
The communication was good but Paolo was about an hour late meeting us there and when he talked to the water taxi driver we were dropped off in the wrong location and had a very hard time finding the place. Other than that it was ok.