The flat is located in a building where Hotel Central is also located along with other small businesses. I could not tell whether local people were actually living in this residential part of the building. I met with Antonio because Marco has a full-time job. I heard that they own several units and rent them out.

When we walked into the flat, it was not what we saw on the picture. When I looked at the A/C and heating unit, it was filled with dirt (or possibly with fungus) inside of the unit. So, I decided not to use it. When I opened the one of the kitchen cabinet door, I can see the inside of the cabinet was not maintained properly. Refrigerator cover fell off when we tried to use it, and the previous guest’s ice-cream was left inside of it.

One of the major problems that I had was with the bathroom. I believe someone who is bigger than I am will have tough time sitting on the toilet seat because it is too close to the shower door. Shower doors are not easy to close (you have to close both sides) and inside of the shower is too small for anyone to make any movements. The shower head looked like about 20 years old and showers valves were loosen. There is no hand-held shower. Shower drain did not work well, so if you take shower for more than several minutes, the water can easily overflow to the outside (there is a water container at the bottom of the shower). The mirror seemed to be placed to cover the hole created by removing the medicine cabinet—it seemed unsafe the way it is installed on top of the hole.

Both Antonio and Marco were great with responses, which I appreciated. I met with both of them and they seemed very nice. Antonio told me that the flat that we stayed will be cleaned daily except the kitchen. The place was cleaned the next day and we had new towels. However, the third day we didn’t see any cleaning and towels did not get replaced. The light bulb in the eating area was out and I asked Marco to replace it and he did it in the same day.

The shopping area with many restaurants and local supermarkets are close to the flat. Going in and out of Venice takes less than 15 minutes in each trip riding a bus (7E). Also, Venezia Mestre train station is not far away.