Spent 3 nights at Rocco and Maria’s place. I believe Maria responded to all of the AirBnB messages but we only met Rocco during our stay. The room and bathroom were very clean when we arrived. Rocco was great at giving us directions to the apartment, basic information when we arrived and was very pleasant during our stay. It’s less than a 10 min walk from the metro which isn’t bad but there is a bit of a hill to get to the apartment so it can be very tiring if you have big bags (like we did) or problems walking at an incline.
While we were very comfortable with the apartment and the room, there were 3 major negatives for us.
The bed was VERY uncomfortable. It sank towards the middle and it felt like every spring in the mattress was pressing against me every time I would move. It was impossible to get a solid night’s rest the entire time we were in Rome.
The shower is the smallest shower I’ve ever been in in my life and this is not an exaggeration. I think the entire bathroom was initially just a shower and it was converted into a full bathroom despite not having enough room for a decent shower. I’m about 5’3 and I could lean against one side of the shower with my shoulder and touch the other side with my other hand. As you can imagine, there was zero room to move around. I’m not sure how people taller than me have stayed here prior and managed with the shower because it was very unpleasant for myself and my friend.
The AC unit was very difficult to use. The buttons on the remote were very confusing or didn’t appear to do anything when pressed. By the 3rd night the AC was making a weird noise so we just turned it off and didn’t even attempt to use it again.
Overall, I would stay at another property managed by Rocco and Maria but I would never stay in this particular room again primarily because of the bed and the shower.
Note*: There is 3.50euro/person/night tax you’re required to pay in addition to the AirBnB payment. Rocco told us about this tax up front upon our arrival. We were also asked for our passports so that Rocco could make a copy of it for the police. This wasn't a problem but I think this should be noted in the description for the list for transparency as we were not asked for this at our other AirBnB stay in Italy.