The apartment is great! Newly renovated, modern, clean, spacious, and with tons of amenities. It is in a quiet area and about a 20 minute walk to the heart of Venice. This was a concern of ours at first but quickly became a non-issue. First there is a vaporetto stop only 5min walk away and using the routes was easily learned. But more importantly, even from the beginning of the walk (which is very easy considering there is no traffic to navigate), there are plenty of opportunities to sample great coffee, food (cicchetti), and fresh fruits from stands. This became a memorable routine in the mornings.
Marco is a great host. Communication up to our trip was great and he met us at the vaporetto stop. He walked us through all the things we needed to know about the apartment and offered great suggestions on where to go to eat. He even called to make reservations for us for dinner! How is that for hospitality!!