We stayed for two nights at Alvise's place. The house in itself was self sufficient and quite central.
However, what put us off was the the no proper advice by the host or their representatives to us before arrival. I had specially sent a message to the host asking him whether the journey from the train station to the apartment is walkable with luggage. In reply, I was given a phone number and told that the representative would give me all the required information. When the same question was asked to the representative, it was stated that with luggage it would take 15 minutes to reach the apartment.
We were not informed about the number of bridges from the station to the apartment or the concept of porters in Venice. There was no advice or warning that with luggage it would not be easy to reach the apartment. It was sad that we naively walked following the maps and were only advised about porters by the representative when we were almost at the apartment.
The space under the table in one of the rooms was full of webs and super dirty, giving the impression that the house has not been cleaned properly.
Third, there are about 4 locks to open to get to the house. It is difficult firstly to reach the house(which I had read in the earlier reviews) but it is even more difficult to open so many locks after an as it is long day. Keys are of different colours so one needs to remember which key opens which lock. Infact a few locks don't open easily and it is a struggle to get to the apartment by opening and closing so many locks.
Other than that, the stay was pleasant and we ensured we hired a Porter to take us back to the station on our check out.
There is a washing machine but no drying rack. So incase u decide to wash clothes, you'll have to bear in mind that there is no space to dry the clothes unless u wish to hang them on the chairs.
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