Paolo was kind enough to meet us at the train station and walk us back to the apartment, which isn't far, but had he not helped us, it would have been quite confusing. He also throughly explained how the water taxi system worked.
Just as an FYI, we paid for 3 day passes (unlimited rides) after arriving and since they had a strike during our stay, we ended up paying 40€ each for something we only used once (it's 7€ each ride).
The apartment is in a quiet area located on the bottom level, where we watched the gondolas go by in the evenings.
The apartment was clean, decorated nicely and felt like home. The kitchen had an espresso machine, juice, water bottles, jam, butter, noodles & toast which was very nice!
All of the bedroom windows have shutters to block out light and any noise. The air conditioning system worked wonderfully and although the beds were a little stiffer than we were used to, we slept great.
There are nice little restaurants, a gelato place, grocery store and small square with a free flowing water fountain (similar to the kind in Rome) all within a 3 minute walk.
When I make it back to Venice, I definitely want to stay in Paolo's home again!