The place matched the pictures; very cute and comfortable. While it wasn't right next to all of the cool restaurants and bars etc in Palermo, it was easy to get to them (sometimes I walked, sometimes I used other transport), and there were several restaurants and cafes right near the apartment anyway. Taxis were easy to grab as there is a hotel next door, so they are always cruising past.
The owners were very nice about the check-in - I didn't realize my flight landed after the listed check-in time, but they worked with me and popped over to let me in later in the evening.
The noise level was a bit higher than expected; no fault of anyone in particular, just thin walls/floors/doors/etc, and there often seemed to be a lot going on - the usual walking heavily and moving furniture around or whatever upstairs, talking or TV or whatever next door, construction outside, dogs barking in the stairway, plus some alarm sound for a day or so whenever the elevator was open (always a somewhat noisy event even without the alarm as it's an old-fashioned elevator with a separate door that would be closed loudly), people using the garbage chute (I assume that's what was happening by the sounds) pretty early (before 7 am sometimes), etc. Nothing some ear plugs wouldn't have fixed; I'm usually a sound sleeper but this was sometimes disruptive.