Let me first begin with what I liked about this place. The location. I’ve stayed in the trendy old central parts of Rome many times, both sides of the river, but this time I wanted to stay a bit further out in what one might call “real” Rome. You can’t truly get the pulse of a city if you live in the tourist areas. It was great. Nice trattoria round the corner with a 5 euro fixed price lunch menu. (And in case you think that is a typo, 5 as in five.) Judging by the rainbow flags dotted about the neighbourhood is LBGTQ+ friendly, always great. Secondly, the price, which should be taken into account; very good value. Thirdly, I like the space. Two bedroom two bathroom. With additional couches for kids at a pinch. It really is like a bohemian soho loft back in the day. But another way of saying bohemian is run down and here is where I have a couple of issues. So let me begin by saying from the pictures and cleanliness ratings I wasn’t expecting a pristine place. But no toilet paper? Okay once in a blue moon that can happen. But judging from the state of my feet, the floors hadn’t been washed in quite a while and the ledges that you have to get up to to open the windows at night to cool the place down were inch deep in dust. And you might have forgotten to refill the toilet paper but you really can’t have forgotten to wash the floors. Plus one of the burners on the stove wouldn’t stay lit and that one was the right size to make the coffee on. Don’t think the oven worked at all (although might have been me). Plus the washing machine door wouldn’t close so wash our clothes. (Important to me as I travel light.) The owner did graciously offer to pay for any washing costs at the laundrette round the corner, but still. (And I’m not going to mention the bathrooms flooded because that is an act of god that could happen to anyone, anywhere at anytime.) So I’d like to go back to the place, but it does need some TLC.