I had high hopes going into a 10-day rental based upon good communication with the Dutch host (who has seven other properties listed in the best areas of Rome).
But once it was advised that key turnover would be done by a friend, the downward spiral began.
As mentined in another spring 2020 review here, the entire block-long palazzo is covered in scaffolding, turning this tiny interior flat - which looks onto a service courtyard anyway - into a depressing crypt.
There was ZERO word of this game-changing factor from the host... and this IS Rome where the massive restructuring is sure to be going on for months...if it is even finished in 2022! work begins around 7 a.m. FYI
The tiny flat - it looks much bigger and more inviting in the website pictures - is absolutely NOTHIING AT ALL like the bright and cheerful happy snaps on ABnB.
The place was likely a servant's quarters or just a storage area for the actual larger flat which shares a foyer entryway where every coming and going from the neighbors can be heard in detail.
There is no interior door between the bedroom and the other room taken up by the sofa bed and kichen corner.
The conversion to a rental appears to be hit or miss, with sounds from the new baby and toddler next door arriving loud and clear despite what are normally thick Italian walls.
With shutters that would not open due to interior scaffolding on the courtward, the place was truly depressing - small and grim. No amount of cheery artwork on the walls could change that.
Decent lighting throughout helped a bit in the daytime.
Fittings were cheap and well-used while the electric outlet near the countertop cooker is faulty, sparking sometimes when the spotlights were turned on or anything was plugged in.
The other handful of electric outlets sometimes worked, sometimes did not work. The bathrooom may not have been dirty, but certainly looked uninviting.
The toilet flush is thunderous and rattles for a moment in the "living" room before dying down quickly.
The place is super-small and was made even smaller by a sofa bed which refused to fold back into a couch. I contacted host's check-in friend on that problem without reply save the usual instructions which would apply to any functioning sofabed.
Same lack of interest again on a day-long total internet outage - radio silence... though communication up to the rental date was frequent.
The entire place looks disheveled, dirty and past its sell-by date... the nice website pictures are truly from another planet.
Having lived for a number of previous years in this upscale Prati neighborhood - and rented ABnBs frequently in this area - the property is a very poor excuse for this particular market.
The high price is on par with that charged by a decent place - which it is not. At a stretch it is worth about half the rent being charged - and should come with a disappointment warning label...
Certainly nothing to recommend, though the AC and hot water worked fine.... as a farewell gift, the wifi went down for the last 24 hours of the stay...could not be bothered to complain.