I booked a last missed stay with Antonio after some travel plans were disrupted.
The check-in time said flexible, but it was not quite as flexible as I would have hoped and the person that met to check me in was not on time even after having set the time hours in advance and my being very communicative about my timing and needs. Once in the unit, it was discovered the room wasn’t clean and so I had to wait in the kitchen while the room was cleaned. It was just a disappointing experience after an already challenging morning of travel and needing to work remotely soon after check-in, which I had indicated to Antonio prior. I just wish there had been more communication and transparency about the room not being ready (maybe due to my last minute booking, the morning of) as it would have better managed my expectations.
Additionally, when I asked to use the washing machine for laundry because there was bedding in it from the wash done after my room was cleaned, I was told that I should hang all the bedding to dry outside. Based on the listing, I was under the impression the host lives there himself, so I was surprised he would ask me to do that as a guest, rather than offering to do so and clear the washing machine for my use. Again, if he wasn’t home and had communicated that and showed some sentiment of “I’m sorry to ask you to do this, but since I’m not home…” I would have appreciated it, but that was not the case. After the long day and working well into the late evening, I decided to not bother using the washing machine because of this.
The room was clean and spacious. The air conditioning was good. The ‘dedicated workspace’ wasn’t quite comfortable for extended work as it’s a narrow, glass console-like table, but you can make it work as I did for 4 hours of work and the Wi-Fi worked well. The shared spaces are not incredibly clean, but probably about what you can expect from shared spaces.
This is a good budget option if needed, but personally, I have had better experiences with Airbnbs and more hospitality throughout Italy for a similar (or sometimes even less) cost, so would not stay here again.