We were a group of 5, all experienced travelers, with generally a positive attitude and requirements for a nice place to stay. We chose Marco’s apartment for the wonderful reviews we read here and for a Super Host badge. Marco is indeed a great host- very responsive and attentive, arranged a transfer for us and coffee with croissants for free in a bar nearby, which was very sweet. But no matter how positive we wanted to be about this experience, the apartment had absolutely spoiled our trip. The apartment was very humid, ground floor, with few windows to open, old by the look and the feel. First unpleasant thing was that when we arrived around 2 pm the place wasn’t cleaned yet after the previous guests, so we had to leave straight away to have it cleaned. We came back around 5-6 pm and it was still being cleaned! Although we appreciate the effort to clean it well, we still would’ve preferred to have a chance to come to a prepared place and rest after the trip. And still later the heavy humid smelly air retuned to the place, we saw black mold in several places on the walls, some chemical used to clean the shelfs in the kitchen had a horrible smell that stayed throughout our whole stay and made our clothes smell of it, we suppose it was some chemical to fight the moth, since we saw a couple of species in the kitchen. The towels that were originally white had a grey color, weren’t fresh to feel and generally were unpleasant to use. The linens were not clean, had visible stains and general unpleasant appearance. It was raining in Rome during our stay and in our apartment the water was dripping from the ceiling! Two of our friends left to stay at the hotel at the first night. Three more optimistic others stayed, but frankly regretted it later. Because of the humidity the apartment felt like sauna, was very humid and smelly. We woke up every morning all soaked in moist , all our stuff in the suitcases was wet and also smelled. The place needs a major renovation, investment into making the conditions bearable for people who want to feel clean and comfortable during their travels. Sorry to write a bad review, but frankly this was a very bad experience for us.