Martina gave us very good directions and information on travel to the apartment. She met us at the Vaporetta stop and showed us around the apartment. It certainly is very nicely located on the waterfront, and is tastefully decorated. It is well appointed, particularly in the kitchen and bathroom. It even has underfloor heating. However, since we were tired after our journey, we went to have a rest in the bedroom and soon noticed a most unpleasant smell. At first we thought it might be coming from the canal outside, but it did not take long to work out that the source was in the room itself - it seemed to be coming from low down in the front wall. The smell was like that of dead vermin. Once we notified Martina she came round and she agreed that there was a smell but that it was due to drains and was normal in Venice. We told her that in our opinion it was probably due to vermin behind the skirting boards or dry lining of the wall, having previously experienced this in old houses. Martina returned the following morning with a plumber and after briefly investigating the problem she said that it could not be rectified until we had left at the end of our stay. The end result was that we had to sleep in the living room with the kitchen opening onto it, with one of us on a single bed and the other on a mattress on the floor. Neither was very comfortable, and my partner, who suffers from arthritis and sciatica, found it quite difficult. We did manage to secure a partial refund from Airbnb, as well as a credit against future Airbnb accomodation. We would have preferred to leave and move elsewhere but we could not find any other accommodation available in the area for the remainder of our stay, except at considerable extra cost. Our holiday here was really spoilt as a result.