Michele was nice and accommodating in brining 2 fans to the un-air conditioned apartment after the first sleepless night during a heatwave, but otherwise our experience at the apartment was not great. We got off to a rough start when Michele asked for €40 in cash for cleaning while we were checking in. I refused to pay, stating that cash payments are against Airbnb policy. Ironically, the apartment was not at all clean. There was mold on the walls, furniture was stained (the couch in the lead property photo was covered with a blanket that partially obscured some troubling stains and all the chair covers were super dirty) and the place was musty. The floors throughout were not properly cleaned and the bathroom in particular had grime in the corners of the tiled floors which was not pleasant.

We chose the apartment for its location in the Monteverde Vecchio district, which is lovely, and we were aware that ground floor apartments in Rome can be stuffy and moldy, so the condition of Michele's apartment wasn't a huge surprise. But the lack of cleanliness was not acceptable. We would definitely not stay in the apartment again.