Lia's place was a very clean, well equipped apartment in Marghera. This was only 15 minutes bus ride from Piazzale Roma in Venice. We were a little intimidated by the travel options at first but soon figured it out. A €40 3 day travel pass allowed us bus, tram and water taxi easily. Lia and her husband were very welcoming and even made us an apple cake and brought us some wine when we arrived! They did not speak English but used a translator app to speak to us and there is a very informative book in the apartment. The area was more suburban than we imagined which was great to experience local life, most people are workers in and around Venice and you travel in to the city with them each day. The area was a little noisier than I had hoped with lots of people, cars passing by and as the apartment is ground floor we could hear some noise from the other apartments. Otherwise this was a great place to stay, Sara and Lia were in constant email contact before our trip so we felt very comfortable prior to and during our stay.