First let me start this 2 night stay was part of 21 night Europe trip. We stayed in 6 other VRBO's and this is honestly the only one I did not give perfect score on. The only reason is, apartment says it is located on a Canal with water view, and it is on a Canal. Only problem when we showed up it was completely blocked by construction scaffolding and a tarp like netting you could not see ANY water or any part of the Canal. I understand things happen, actually the place I had stayed earlier in the trip had the same thing, minus the tarp, but there the owner contacted me ahead of time and actually gave me the choice to cancel my reservation. I told her I understood and it all worked out. I gave her a perfect score even though the unit did have the view partially blocked. But her contacting me and giving me choices made up for the view. Here no such luck, I did text with the property manager and she said they had not been made aware of the construction and when I sent pictures she did apologize and said she would contact the owner. The only response I got back after that was, the owners said the City of Venice had said it had to be done and they would do nothing to accommodate us. Had the owner just sent us a note saying "We are sorry" or anything but I felt like they had gotten their money and I would be gone so no problem. You pay a lot of money for a Water/Canal view in Venice and you should get it. OK the rest of the unit was very nice is as advertised. Last thing you may want to double or even triple check that you will have the view that you are paying for. Jerry Greeneville, TN