Alessio was very communicative. The apartment was spacious, clean, and comfortable, and well located. Alessio very kindly greeted us with snacks and a bottle of Prosecco. The doorman and neighbors are all very nice, as well.
There are a few things to note:
The apartment is about a 5 minute walk from the taxi stand. There are always taxis here, which came in handy when we had to go to the airport at all hours. We found out that the ruins near the taxi stand is where Julius Cesar was murdered, which was a surprise and very cool!
In the opposite direction, a less than 5 minute walk from a grocery store (in Coop). Across the street there is a small park, and beyond that are many restaurants and shops. The apartment is also about a 10 minute walk from Trastavere. Definitely well located!
The apartment is at the top of one flight of stairs. There is no elevator. Alessio very kindly helped us take our luggage up.
As a few others have noted, the apartment is on a busy street and the street noise filters through at night. Light sleepers should consider bringing ear plugs.
One of the perks of this apartment is that there is a clothes dryer (which we have found is hard to come by in Italy). There are very specific times that the washer/dryer can be used. We didn’t understand what the note on the unit meant, and found out the hard way that it stopped working at the end of the specified time period. There is no manual for the dryer so we had to guess which settings to use, and were ultimately unable to dry our clothes fully using the machine.
There is a TV, but we could not figure out how to make it work.
The rooms are spacious and can sleep two each, comfortably. One of our group used the sofa bed and said it was comfortable.
Overall, we really enjoyed our stay! Alessio was a great host!