If you are lucky enough to find Ilana’s place available, just book it. Don’t wait. The location is amazing. It is so close to everything. I know she is rated a super host, but there should be a category for exceptional host for Ilaria. We have stayed in AirBNB for many years and she is my entire family’s favorite host to date. She is honest & the most communicative host we have the pleasure of. We told her we had heavy luggage and she suggested we take a private water taxi from the train station if it was in our budget. Best money we ever spent. There is a working dock extremely close to the apartment. She met us there and walked us to the apartment and pointed out shops of interest along the way. If you have ever been to Venice you know getting lost there is a pleasure. Getting lost with heavy luggage is simply awful. Trust me on that one. She told us in advance that the city was doing construction on her building. There is scaffolding on the exterior. The scaffolding does not block the view in the living room or the master bedroom. It is still perfect. The second bedroom is obstructed but we did not care. There was no noise from the construction heard inside the apartment. The construction did not interfere with our stay at all. The living room window opens. We escaped the mid-day heat by returning to the apartment and watched more than 35 gondolas go by in a single afternoon. Absolutely surreal. The guidebook she provided was very helpful too! Stay here and feel truly part of this glorious city.