Lucia and Roberto are excellent hosts. They gave us a warm and very friendly welcome. They arranged to meet us at the nearest water bus stop to the apartment and gave us a first introduction to the neighborhood and how to get to places on the short 5 minutes walk to the apartment. They showed us the apartment and made sure we knew how everything worked. Roberto sat down with me to review a street map and how to get to the major attractions of Venice, to restaurants in the vicinity, and back to the train station for our trip back. As a welcome treat left us a sparkling white wine (nicely cooled) and a package of milk for our toddler daughter. The apartment was very clean and bright, with nicely tiled kitchen and a bright and roomy bathroom. Concerning an earlier reviewer's complaint about the choice of channels on the satellite tv they had prepared lists to look up the channels where to find German or English speaking programs (such as BBC World and CNN) and we were more than happy with the choices. Given its ground floor location in Venice the apartment can have a slightly musty smell. It was raining for a couple of days, so we couldn't help but notice, however it wasn't strong enough to be a real bother. If you keep the apartment well ventilated in summer (and well heated in winter) it shouldn't be an issue. The location is excellent, away from the buzz, in a quiet side street, but with great facilities nearby that are not overrun by tourists (a supermarket, the water bus stop, a long water promenade with cafes and restaurants, and the square Campo Santa Margherita with bars and restaurants frequented by local students). The apartment was our base for a wonderful stay in Venice. Thank you Lucia and Roberto for being great hosts!