Design District Apartment R&R

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Location was great steps away from restaurants and shops frequented by locals, but further away from the packed touristy areas
  : If you have issues with stairs, then this place isnt the best. You have to walk up a few flights.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Almost everything was perfect (see negatives for what was not). The location is superb -- close to the very touristy center, VERY close to the Bienale gardens and very close to the excellent and slightly less touristy Via Garibaldi (don't miss Nevody, the best pizza in Venice and their sister 'upscale-ish' restaurant with brilliant service and cuisine). The apartment is especially suitable for a couple with one or two kids -- the kids get their 'secret' mini-rooms upstairs and the parents get the excellent double bed. All the facilities are great (including the perfectly working A/C unit, which is not always the case in Italy). The host was just fantastic in meeting us there and explaining everything. One very important note: the apartment is located on the last floor of an old building without an elevator and with 3 flights of very steep stairs. This was not a problem for us at all, but if you can't climb the stairs - this is not an apartment for you.
  : 1. During the day we've had a couple of waves of bad smell coming from the pipes in the bathroom. The smell was bearable but very strong. The host consulted someone and explained that the problem is probably with the sewage system and that the only workaround would be to use the air-freshener to try and neutralize the smell. We cannot say whether the problem is persistent or was due to the very hot summer, but it was definitely real, hence the rating of 9 and not 10+ as this property would otherwise deserve. 2. As mentioned before, you need to climb three flights of steep stairs -- not a problem for us but may be for others

Very Good
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : The flat was really nice. It was clean, quite spacious with good view, you could even see the sea. The beds were rather comfy. Kitchen is well equipped, everything you need was there. The location was good as well. Pretty close to all the main attractions, vaporetto stations, restaurants (cafe Majer serves great coffee and Nevodi PizzaLab makes amazing pizza to go) plus theres a supermarket just around the corner.
  : There were couple of things. First of all you need to take into consideration there are very steep stairs, its not a major concern, but be aware. Then we missed the ironing board, asked for it specifically but never got it, again not the big issue but if you stay for a week, youd need to iron some of your clothes. The third and most disturbing thing was the bathroom. It was clean, comfortable and big enough, with white towels, but it was very stinky.

Wonderful
Traveller Type: Family with Young Children
  : Great location and wonderful space for a family. Check in was very easy and the company accommodated all of our requests (organising water taxi and an extra day stay) quickly and easily.
  : Nothing!