My wife and I and our 14 year old grandson stayed in the apartment for 8 days while visiting Roma. Renato & Maria's apartment exceeded our expectations and made visiting Roma very comfortable. The neighborhood was alive with local people and felt very safe to be out in day or night.
To start at the beginning - Fabrizio served as our on site host, and was quick and easy to communicate with. I was in touch with him several times prior to arriving and he was always quick to respond. He met us at the nearby metro station and walked us the 5 minutes to the apartment, settled us in, gave some good suggestions to nearby shops and restaurants and checked in every couple of days to see how we were doing. He did a great job of hosting.
Location: the apartment is nicely located just outside the tourist area, but only a 20-25 minute walk to the Coliseum. It is 5 minutes from the Ri Di Roma metro stop on the A line, just 4 stops from Roma Termini main train station. We walked every day to the central Roma area, yet walking back, in about 15 minutes, we left the tourist area behind as we approached the apartment.
Apartment: the size was large and comfortable. We have traveled throughout Europe and stayed in many hotel rooms smaller than our bedroom. The kitchen was equipped for cooking, with a table that would seat 4. It was supplied with enough essentials like toilet paper, paper towels and trash bags that we did not have to purchase more during our stay.
There were doors from the second bedroom and kitchen that led out to a balcony. It had space for a couple of chairs and a small table that allowed for sitting out and relaxing.
The bathroom had a good sized shower and all the fixtures looked new and clean. The clothes washer was in the bathroom. We used it a couple of times and it worked fine. There was not a dryer, but a drying rack that fit on the balcony or could be brought inside if it was raining. It did the job for us.
The living room was very large with a fold out couch, if needed. It had a nice flat screen TV. The wifi connection was very good day and night. I measured a download speed of 8-10 Mbps, with around 2 Mbps up. It was sufficient to stream video through my phone to the TV.
Overall the apartment appeared to have been recently renovated and was very clean, bright and open. It made our stay in Roma a pleasure and we will stay there again if the opportunity arises.