Great stay

The host is amazing, giving great tips and helping with the arrival. The location is amazing in the heart of Venice. The house is clean and good deco, but there is no couch in the living room, so basically the living can't be used. Also there is only internet in one floor. But the overall stay was good. ”

Air B n B

This was sadly our very first third home experience and I am keeping my fingers crossed they are not all like this . This Venetian townhse is an air B n B ( advertised to sleep x6 but suitable for x 2 people ) . It lacks tlc . Looks great from the pics and has comfy beds / pillows but that’s as much positivity that I can drum up . We have been to Venice many times and have never noticed that drains smell with the tides as did this home . There is nowhere to sit comfortably . There is an ancient uncomfortable sofa bed in the sitting room where there is the one and only dehumidifier ( which we emptied despite no instruction booklet at the house ) . There are spores from damp on the container that has the bed linen on the ground floor . I became unwell with an autoimmune reaction after staying 12 hours . My friend who stayed for x 2 nights became very unwell with an exacerbation of her asthma . Our friends departed hurriedly for far superior accommodation . This was embarrassing to say the least . My husband also became unwell and curiously enough in the guest book there x 2 sets of guests had written they HATED the place and had become ill . I would be beside myself with embarrassment had a guest written that at ours Ergonomics have not been thought out . Our eldest is an architect and we buy / gut / sell so we know good deign when we see it . It has been renovated by a cow boy builder and we received small electric shocks when we touched the hob or sink . My husband broke a toe when he opened the chest on the ground floor and it fell on him . There are dangerous corners on the worktop in the kitchen plus terrible tin chairs to sit on . This place is unsuitable for the disabled / not able bodied as the stairs to the top bedroom / bathroom are extremely steep and positively dangerous . You cannot self cater easily as the place lacks basic kitchen tools like a cheese grater / garlic crush . Most worrying was the fact the owner wanted us to pay 175 euros to the cleaner to launder x 1 extra sheet / x 2 pillow cases that I had already washed and ironed as our guests required fresh bedding . The owner was gracious about us losing her front door key for which we left 10 euros . There was also a miscommunication regards where to leave rubbish and in our haste to get to the airport we foolishly left a few bags for the cleaner to dispose of as this is what the owner had said to do . We have never done this before nor lose a door key but fatigue due to sleep deprivation / poor health scrambled our brains 🧠…. Thirdhome have been informed and are apologetic but it’s only reviews by travellers that are open and honest and transparent that tell the whole story . Beware . ”

A little gem

This property was very comfortable and located in the very peaceful Dorsoduro section of Venice. A nice little grocery store a few doors down. Most importantly, the host was so helpful pre arrival !”