Positives:
1. Location: The house is a 2 minute walk away from the beach and walking distance to a ton of restaurants and bars in Venice. If you want to stay in Venice, few places can beat the location.
2. The place, linen and towels were all clean
3. Donna had stocked up the kitchen well and it was helpful to have quite a few of the regular things there
4. Donna was also available to speak in case of anything.
Negatives:
1. Both beds creaked a lot! It was impossible to get a good night’s sleep because of that. If you are a light sleeper, the noise from your own turning in bed would wake you up!
2. No sound proofing whatsoever: If anybody is staying in the house above or beside the unit, every sound of even walking comes straight into the unit! Couldn’t sleep because of that as well.
3. Lack of attention to detail: There were smaller things which are quick fixes: one of the locks was jammed and it was hard to get in, the electric kettle wasn’t working, the soap dispenser in one of the bathrooms said shampoo in both of them (I suspect one of them was body wash or conditioner, still don’t know), no kitchen towel or tissues were available which just made things inconvenient specially when there is fear that you would be charged money if the towels are too dirty, while the listing says “sunny apartment” - you can’t really put the blinds up - because the house is right on the street. Also, can’t set temperature in the central unit below 72 degrees and one of the bedrooms has no other air conditioner, so can feel warm during the night while sleeping.