The apartment is large and sunny and in a good location. The kitchen is very small and the water pressure in the master bathroom so low that we had to shower in the guest bathroom which was adequate. Other than that, it is a nice, very Venetian apartment; one we spent a great deal of time choosing. However, the rental experience was not at all acceptable.
The unfortunate situation was that it was double-booked for the first two weeks of our six week stay in Venice. We were informed of this quite close to our departure date. I won’t go into details of the last minute arrangements that changed twice but we ended up staying for 2 weeks in an unacceptable apartment we would never have selected.
I believe it was a mistake and the owner was very contrite. To compensate we were picked up at the airport by taxi and given a free day along with profuse apologies. This was very little in lieu of the anxiety this situation created at a time when we were preparing for a two month trip in Europe.
We looked for a very long time to find the best apartment for our trip and were disappointed by this experience. I regret now not contacting AirB&B when first learning of the problem but as solutions were offered by the owner, it didn’t seem necessary.