First of all, the location of this place is incredible. I truly couldn’t have picked a better option to explore Venice. It’s steps away from the beach and all of the cool happenings of Venice. The place was immaculately cleaned before we arrived and had fresh towels, paper towels, garbage bags, etc. The outdoor porch was awesome and convenient. The place is really spacious and comfortably accommodated three guests, check in/check out was as easy as pie! Honestly I loved staying here and wanted to give it 5 stars, but for the sake of being a fair reviewer there were a few things to be improved upon.
1) Me and my colleagues rented out this space because we were in town for business. The wifi at the apartment was completely down the first 2-3 days of our stay. Apparently Craig had just gotten a new router and it was not set up yet, which is fine, but per Craig’s request we tried to set up the network ourselves. We didn’t have an Ethernet cable, so I needed to go to Best Buy to buy that ($20) and because all of our MacBooks were newer editions without an Ethernet outlet we needed to buy the converter ($30). So we’re out $50 and we head home to set up the wifi router, which we were ok with because other than this issue the place is incredible. But, after about 30 minutes of trying to set it up it still wasn’t working. Then, we had Craig’s very awesome neighbor come over (who is so so nice) and she was on the phone with the Internet provider for over an hour trying to get it to work. Finally, it started to work. YES! But, the Internet was very slow (6mpbs upload speed; standard internet connection is 50mbps), and was not fast enough for us to efficiently perform internet-based work activities. We ended up having to go over to our other colleague’s Airbnbs and coffee shops to use the wifi. This was a bummer since this trip was very business oriented and reliable Internet access was essential. With that being said, Craig was very nice to work with throughout this ordeal. I think it’s a one-off issue and not indicative to the Airbnb quality as a whole.
Other things to note: Weird lighting all over the apartment. Not a lot of ceiling lights, but a lot of lamps. Sometimes I just wanted to light a room up, whether to clean or organize, and couldn’t really do that. Also, echoing another reviewer, the hot water went away pretty quickly. It was pretty great for one person an hour for a shower, but anymore than that and the second/third person are probably going to take a cold shower.
Obviously this is a really honest review, but I would 100% stay here again if the Internet was reliable. Thanks for a sweet place, and as always, #craigslife.