Apartment quite sweet, it was as described and was good value for money, we never meet or talked to the the host while we were there but found it very easy to access the apartment and this did not cause us any problems.
The district it is in has numerous good and well priced restaurants most of them are frequently mainly by Italians rather than tourists which is always a good sign!
Most places in Venice can be difficult to get to with a lot of luggage from the bus station.
It is a very good idea to use a water bus or a water taxi if you have a lot of luggage, otherwise you will have to lift your luggage over numerous bridges, it is not easy especially on a very hot day.
We used a water taxi for four people and a lot of luggage, it cost us €60 to get within 100 meters and we felt this was money well spent.