We stayed at Mauro's home in mid-October for 5 nights. The place is ideally located in Castello, on a quiet back street, and facing an inner courtyard/garden. The kitchen has all the amenities you need to cook and make coffee. There was more space than we needed, because it is a 2 story apartment (or maisonette in UK english). Mauro and his partner welcomed us and helped us settled in, and were always available for any questions we had. They provided us with some restaurant suggestions, as well, but we had too many suggestions from our guide book (!), so we didn't get a chance to try them. However, we did go to the gelateria il doge (there are 2 locations) in Dorsoduro; it was excellent. We highly recommend their apartment and would happily return!