Luca (Davide's brother) met us at the train station on time and walked us over to the apartment which is on a busy canal about 5 minutes walk from the train station. The apartment is really nice and clean, and Luca had a map and drew out all the places we should see and those to avoid. He also provided some good local food options that were really good.
I gave a 5 star review because Luca was nice and the location was great, and the apartment was super clean. If I could have given 4.5 stars I would have, but I rounded up to be nice.
The two major issues we had:
1. The hot water went out after 5 minutes of showering. I notified Davide and he said he fixed it but the problem persisted the next day. We had to shower in shifts (morning and evening) to get 5 minutes of continuous hot water.
2. As of our stay in October 2018, the unit behind the bedroom (about 10 ft across a rear courtyard) is being gutted and there was a lot of banging and construction noise starting at 7:30-8 am. It was fine since I wanted to maximize the time we were in Venice, but potential renters should be aware.