At first, it wasn’t as good as what guests from the previous comments have mentioned. But with all these problems during our stay, we have to say our communication and Nicola’s responsiveness to the situations were excellent! He immediately helped to find solutions to the issues. Overall the apartment is a beautiful one, especially with the huge windows and terrace, and we enjoyed our one week of stay in Nicola’s and of coz, beautiful Venice! Here are the issues and how a good host helped us solved them:
1)We checked in at 7pm and the apartment was not ready for us yet due to the previous guests have made a huge mess. So that’s fine, its understandable. But Nicola offered us a late check out and that was nice of him.
2) The aircondition was not working throughout our stay and venice has been starting to get hot so the apartment was heating up. Informed Nicola and he said he has been trying to get a repairman to come fix it but it hasn’t been easy to get hold of one. But he gave us 3 fans which helped tremendously especially when we were sleeping or just hanging out in the apartment during the day. Additional note: pull down the huge window’s red curtains to keep the sun from shining in and avoiding greenhouse effects. It makes a huge difference.
3) The floor was extremely dusty and due to that i had use the provided floorwiper to clean it in the nighttime of the day we arrived.
4) The restaurant was apparently supposed to be closed at 11am according to posts but it was super noisy (noise, laughter, yelling from the staff after workhours, sitting around and drinking) all the way up till 130am. Only then, we got to sleep. Although this only happened on 2 nights during our one week stay.
5) This part is crucial: the house was filled with mosquitos! Due to the weather getting hotter, they were out on full force! We must have killed more than 30 mosquitos during our stay. Check out the various wall of fame around the apartment. Informed Nicola and he provided a mosquito net for the bed. And with the fan, it helped to keep them away too.
The wifi signal was really strong and worked perfectly throughout the apartment.
Once these issues can be fixed/ overlooked, its definitely a pleasant apartment to stay in! Everyplace has its pros and cons because there can never be the perfect apartment but at Nicola’s, the con’s can definitely be fixed easily and it will only be a wonderful stay!