I was made very welcome by both the host in email corres and his local agent Frederica who basically couldn't do enough for me. The proximity to the grand canal and vaparetto stops was fantastic but the early morning starts at 4.15am from the fish market noise made sleeping in impossible unless I wore ear plugs and had the bedroom windows closed. This might be OK if you stay a couple of days but I was there for 15 days so I had to modify my sleeping habits to suit.