Overall a good experience at Alessandro's Room in Rome. We did not notice when we booked that the bed was not a real bed and instead was a fold out couch - but this was our fault as it's pretty clearly a fold out couch in the pics. Bed was as you'd expect from a fold out but the issue we didn't expect was how loud it was, the metal structure creaks and squeaks with any movement - enough to wake me up each time I turned over (and I'm generally a very heavy sleeper). So neither my girlfriend or I slept well while there.

The apartment was clean, AC and internet worked...etc. There were no supplied amenities and we did run out of toilet paper while we were there. Also the piece which holds the shower head in place was broken so the head would fall on you while you showered. Hot water went in and out as you showered but as we found later in our trip this seemed to be consistent for most places we stayed.

There is no dedicated parking at the apt but Alessandro found us a spot by an ATM which was well lit and had a camera so the car was safe (about a block away from the apt). The neighborhood felt a little shady or ghetto at first (primarily due to all the graffiti) but turned out to be fine. If you are not a local and are driving to the room I suggest you get very good maps. We did not have GPS and thought our printed maps would be fine - we were wrong. Apparently almost not streets are marked with signs so we got very lost and arrived late (Sorry Alessandro!).

Alessandro was helpful in getting us settled and helping us leave the city on our way out. We wish that we'd been able to stay longer and take advantage of the Rome tours he does by old Mini Cooper - seems he knows a lot about the city because even on our drive out of town he showed us some neat stuff.