The apartment is attractive, well-decorated and comfortable and we loved the area, which aside from the area immediately around the Arsenale, is not touristic. We particularly enjoyed having the canal below the kitchen window. But there were little comforts missing, such as where to put your clothes. We do not want to live out of a suitcase for a week. I eventually discovered a hanging rail with hangars in a storage cupboard, but no real drawer space and the hanging rail was obscured by a laundry drying rack full of wet linen and towels.
We were not met by our host, but by an older woman who spoke no English or French, my second language; she took us to the apartment, handed us the keys, showed us the bedroom and left. That was not very friendly. Since we were not given any information about the apartment or the area and never heard from our host again, we felt a bit abandoned.