This is a fantastic location. It really is just minutes from the Academia bridge. While there are water views it is really only when sitting at the dining table that you get a true sense of being near the canal. The garden is a communal garden but you have a private courtyard overlooking it. The garden does not currently have any grass it is being resown and I am sure will be beautiful by the summer. There are currently a lot of repairs going on so during the day there are builders around the surrounding buildings. There is a nightclub nearby I think so you can hear music at night. None of these things bothered me but I would have liked to have known them. It is a cute and reasonably priced unit. The service was great.