Marcello was great. He met us at the station and walked us to his place. The flat is out of the main area and was quiet in a nice neighbourhood. He made us welcome and filled the fridge and pantry for us. The main bedroom is on the 2nd level with the bathroom on the ground level so we traipsed up and down which was not optimal but i suspect lots of places are like that in venice. It was also dark but Marcello was very kind in coming to replace the lightbulbs on the first day as soon as we called him.