Tom's place was very central. The room is nicely decorated. Communication with Tom, and Giovanni were quick. However, we had a huge problem with the bathroom and plumbing for our entire 6 day visit. Starting from our first night our shower flooded after 2 minutes of use, and the toilet would not flush properly. We let Tom know right away. The next day, the toilet backed up, and the shower flooded with sewage filth. Tom was quick to act, and called the plumber for the next day. We were offered another room to use while the bathroom was being fixed. Up until this point, we were very understanding, these things happen and are out of the hosts control. However, after the plumber had fixed the bathroom, Tom guaranteed that a cleaner would come to ensure the bathroom was spotless. When we arrived back at our apartment that night, the entire apartment stunk of sewage, and the shower was stained brown with the remnants of the last few days filth. We were disgusted. We contacted Tom the following morning, sending him a picture of the state of the bathroom and asked if someone could come clean our bathroom. Tom's response was that someone had come to clean the bathroom, but if we really wanted he would send someone again. When the "second" cleaner came later that day, the bathroom was actually clean, brown stains from the shower cleared etc. The apartment still stunk for the remaining of our stay, we addressed this with Tom, and his response was that he had never smelled that before. Therefore it doesn't exist? Very confusing, and frustrating. Tom did apologize for the inconvenience of the bathroom, but we were never offered compensation for the disruption to our stay. At the end of our stay, we asked Tom if he thought it fair that we did not pay the additional 42€ tax for our 6 night stay as compensation for the incredible disruption, which he denied and said he would only take off 22€. Overall, I would not recommend Tom's place. I think there are other apartments in Rome that offer similar amenities for the same price, I would consider those places first.