We stayed at Andrea’s place and initially everything started out as expected.
LOCATION:
It’s in a good position within town, near a nice square for dinner / breakfast and walking distance to everything in Venice largely.
DECOR / HOME:
The home is quite small, but that’s to be expected in Venice. Overall the home was decorated well and kept clean.
HOST:
Initially Andrea was great - providing information about the local sights, directions on where to go and how to get there. ALL IN FLUENT ENGLISH. which we appreciated.
Unfortunately upon checkout Andrea sent us a picture of the mini-fridge (like the one you’d put inside of an RV or camper). The plastic handle was loose and wasn’t easy to open / close. To our surprise - Andrea accused of completely breaking his fridge (which he informed us was 5 years old) and that he was going to report us to AirBnB. Being a middle aged couple who is quite respectful of spaces - needless to say we were shocked. We offered to come back by and discuss and provide recompense if we did indeed break something, which we believe we did not.
Upon arriving Andrea was very agitated and abrupt with us, COMPLETELY forgetting how to speak English - how convenient. We reviewed the freezer door on the fridge, acknowledged it was loose but we’re able to show that it still closed as we had used it during our stay. He wasn’t hearing any of it, became very rude and combative - we began to get concerned so just remained silent and left his place immediately. We proactively opened a case with Airbnb in which they said they would handle from here. We also took videos of the entire interaction in case we needed it legally. It really put a damper on our experience in Venice unfortunately.
So buyer beware - you never know until you know, we hope you do not experience what we did with Andrea. It was alarming and nearing harassment, we would never stay here again largely because of the host, not the location.
I hope you all have a better experience if you do decide to stay!