A wonderful flat to stay in in Venice; the location is superb and the roof terrace is really special.
There were just a few things we would have loved to have to make it a five-star stay. First of all, it is sweltering in the Venice summer and the apartment has no air conditioning, there were fans provided however even with all the fans on and the windows/shutters left open, it was still extreamly hot in the flat. This also meant a lot of mosquitoes (as we had to leave the shutters closed, windows open) and uncomfortable sleep due to the same (despite lots of repellent!).
The terrace is gorgeous and provides amazing views over Venice, however there is no shade on it at all making it difficult to enjoy during the hotter hours. It would have been great to have a parasol or some coverings for some of the terrace to really be able to enjoy it. Once it was cooler it was great to have breakfast, drinks and read on.
The rubbish system is an ordeal in its own right in Venice and much time was spent explaining this, however we felt that for charging us a £86 cleaning fee, this could have been dealt with for us so we didn't have to spend our holiday working out which boat to go to on which day for the rubbish.
Otherwise, this is absolutely a wonderful place to stay in, we definitely enjoyed our stay and the above points are only the reasons why we didn't give it 5 stars; the area is fantastic and away from huge amounts of tourists. There are great restaurants, our favourites were Al Timon (gotten from another review, also has a row of great bars by the water next to it) and Trattoria Bar Ponti (which we went to twice it was so good!). We also loved going to the Jewish quarter and ate at Pizzeria Al Faro (you can make bookings online). Sophie was lovely to communicate with for check-in and let us stay a couple extra hours after check out which we appreciated. It was great to experience Venice from the Cannaregio area.