This place is situated in Cannaregio, which is the Northern Sestriere (disctrict) in Venice. It is perfect to get to by boat from Marco Polo Aeroporto, as it is about a 4 minute walk from Fondamente Nove, which is the stop that the boat drops you off at (boat trip is around 40mins). Valentina, was ready to meet us here so that we could find Ca'Laguna easily. She also spoke very good English and was very friendly. Not only did she help us to find local restaurants that we should visit for specific food, e.g. Birraria La Corte in Campo San Polo for great pizza, but she also went out of her way to help us when we realised we had left our suitcase on the airport boat! (Within the space of 5 minutes she had rang Alilaguna - the boat company - found our luggage and had it placed in a safe location for collection - thank you again for this!).
Ca'Laguna itself was everything that we would want in a holiday home, it was clean, well maintained, had the basics for cooking if required (although I would recommend eating out as the pasta is just wonderful), had air conditioning (which was amazing after walking around the muggy Venice streets), and to top it off it was on the side of a canal so we could watch all manner of boats going by (something that kept my 1yo entertained for a while). There is a local supermarket nearby (within a 6 minute walk) and all the main tourist attractions are relatively near, it takes around (10 minutes to walk to Piazza San Marco). There is a fabulous bakery very close by and it is next to a coffee shop that sells a truly Italian espresso and a fantastic cappuccino. All this is next to Campo San Giovanni e Paolo where you can hitch a gondola ride (which is expensive but worth it).
All in all it was a great stay and I would like to thank Valentina again for the pleasure and for helping us out.