Our plane was late and Alberto very kindly waited until we arrived, which was after midnight - this was really appreciated. This flexibility must be why Alberto is a superhost. The location of the apartment is convenient for both the station and the Rialto bridge - we took the bus from Marco Polo to Piazzale Roma and then it was a 15 minute walk. The beds have seen better days, so if a comfortable bed is important to you you might want to consider carefully. The two bedrooms are separated by wooden sliding partition doors. We are experienced air B&Bers and normally find hosts leave a couple of things like milk, coffee, bread, etc to get you started, especially if you are arriving after the shops have closed and straight off a plane, but there was nothing like this. The following morning we found a little bakery run by a lovely woman just one canal behind the apartment, where we stocked up on bread and breakfast things. It was only when we got back that we realised the ‘clicker’ to light the gas didn’t work. The very kind neighbour lent us hers to get it lit so we could get our morning coffee. There is a Coop very nearby on the main drag in the direction of the Rialto. Communication from the host could have been much better. The heating and hot water stopped on our first morning and despite our texts to Alberto we never heard back from him or his brother, who he said might have the phone. Perhaps he trusted that we would work out how to restart the boiler, which we eventually did that evening. The flat is nice and I think staying there will be better when the scaffolding is down and the renovation work outside finished as there was regular banging, which started at 9am. None of our gripes got in the way of us having a lovely time in Venice, though, which is as amazing as my last visit 20 years ago.