We chose the apartment because of the sweet and ornate decoration inside. It had a good location right outside the Alilaguna and other waterbus stops. The area is friendly and vibrant. It is however nearly an hour to get to St Marks square, so not ideal if you want to be central. You have good options of waterbus stops to chose from to get you to various places. We ate in the local area every night, you are spoilt for choice. There is also a good array of shops, cafes a market too.
The hosts were great with good communication and the option for us to leave our bags when we arrived/checked out was so helpful.
The apartment is up approximately 4 flights of stairs so be prepared after a long day exploring for that! There is no lift.
Although the flat is advertised as an entire apartment there are stairs going down into the below flat- they are blocked by a makeshift kitchenette but if you want secure this probably isn't the place for you.
The beds were comfortable but there's only 1 pillow per bed and although towels were included they are a little old and you only had a bath towel and a hair towel to share between two! The bathroom has all that you need but needs a little freshen up with the smell of dampness and a little mould. There was a roof hatch to the attic in the bathroom which was broken and I think this lead to the musty smell. It's generally clean but as a previous person has said in their reviews, if you want hotel level clean this isn't for you.
We didn't use the kitchenette, but it had very basic items to prepare a small breakfast or to have a ready meal.
The WiFi was great and you had nice views over the canal. If though you would like peace and quiet you won't get that here as the canal is very active in the mornings but we enjoyed that during our stay!