This is a basic apartment in a good location. The San Giovanni area is very convenient for walking to the center and taking buses or the metro. The bedrooms are ample and comfortable. There were many little homey touches around the apartment, but they were unfortunately overshadowed by some bigger issues that were never resolved.
There was a terrible odor of sewage coming out of the shower drain. Pina brought the plumber the next day, but nothing was resolved, and no solution was offered. “It only smells some of the time,” was the way it was left. Sometimes the smell was unbearably nauseating.
The other big problem was the internet. It was slow and unreliable, shutting off periodically for no reason. We needed to do some work and were very frustrated at the up and download speeds.
In the bathroom one of the shower doors was missing, making taking a shower a pretty messy affair. Also, the lights over the sink did not work.
The kitchen is really not set up for cooking at home. There is no microwave, no cutting knives and the 3 frying pans were unusable with peeling Teflon and one crusted with old food. When we turned the oven on, the power went out.
We contacted Pina about all these issues. Her mother came by with a new frying pan and she promised to drop by herself on Saturday, but she never came and we never heard from her again except to find out what time we were leaving on the last day.
This is not the owner’s fault, but the building itself is in a bit of disrepair. The stairwell walls were dirty with cracked plaster making for an unpleasant experience entering and leaving the building.
Overall, our recommendation is that this apartment shouldn’t be rented in this condition. Pina might consider taking the place off the rental market until at least those major issues were fixed.