Wow, this location is not far from anything yet not too close to the very busy areas. There's a fascinating view from the window, and living on the top floor makes for a quiet abode. The small skylight and west-facing window means good lighting and a sunset view over the tops of houses. The bed is firm and comfortable, but mosquitoes begin to terrorize your sleep nightly in mid-April, primarily because of a simple-to-fix problem; there is no screen on the window. My place in Rome has window screens and little to no mosquitoes inside, also plenty of fresh air inside. Plug-in poison, organic repellents, and special mosquito incense did not solve the all night long mosquitoes. My friend visited a few days and agreed, it's a major problem. Insect repelling plants in the window and a removable window screen would easily fix this, but an attitude of negligence or indifference seems to prevent the implementation of this solution. The mosquito disturbance throughout the night was tolerated because of the great location and my sympathetic (and helpful) attitude, but I now feel compelled to express these details because Antonio's publicly described my normal concerns as "banal." In fact, I was helping to bring his apartment to a normal standard because he does not live there and is likely unaware of these basic things. His attitude was amiable, and I was thankful for the apartment but still did not expect the "furnished" apartment to lack basic items and cleanliness, and definitely did not expect four-weeks of mosquitoes waking me up at all hours, buzzing around my head. Nothing was done to help with this.

The place is a bit smaller in person and fuller with stuff than the photos depict, especially books, but all-in-all it's livable, and the kitchen is a must in Venice if staying more than a day or two, because Venice prices for everything are much higher. There were a few things that weren't a huge problem, but were important, and we fixed them along the way: no wine-bottle opener, no pot lid for cooking rice (or pasta), no wine glasses (this is Italy after all); the large coffee-maker was full of blossoming mold, which I cleaned very well and put in the sunshine but coffee still tasted badly; shower curtain very moldy (which another guest mentioned. It was replaced.); no garbage or recycling bags; no broom, dustpan, or mop; kitchen sponge was quite dirty and old; red kitchen table hangs precariously by a thin cable on a small eye-hook but works with care (hinge on a wood leg and bigger eye-hook would fix); tile around the toilet base was yellow within a 5-10 cm. (I paid a cleaner to clean this); the white walls had a lot of marks, dirt, and many dead-smashed mosquitoes (I paid a cleaner to clean this); a small toe-stubbing board was popping up about a centimeter high by the bathroom due to water (glue and a light hammer could fix this. Salve.