The space is brand new. It is very clean and bright. Michele's team was great - they were quick to communicate and very accommodating. To consider: The apartment is quite far from Venice - at least 25 minutes by bus, not including your wait time. From there, it is an hour walk to the east side of Venice (where the Biennale is). The bus also stops running at midnight, so you need to leave many places in Venice by 11PM in order to make it back. We drove to Venice because we wanted to stay out later. This cost 21 Euros and still took 20 minutes to drive when there was no traffic.