I will talk about three things: The apartment, the location, and the host. My husband and I stayed there for almost three weeks and cooked frequently. NB: In my day job, I do Quality Assurance, so my review will be very thorough and I will point out every little thing, which might make it seem like it's more negative than it really is. Remember that not everybody will point out little things. APARTMENT AND FURNISHINGS The apartment was clean and tidy. It really has the feel of a boat, with many storage compartments using the space very efficiently. We did not use the upstairs except to store our suitcases, but the master bedroom was cosy and comfortable. The kitchen was small, but had all the basic tableware. I was a little concerned about the dishes, as they had a gold stripe around the edges: could they go in the microwave or not? I never remembered to ask. The apartment does not have huge amounts of natural light or a view. The three windows (bedroom, kitchen, living room) all face a driveway. On the other side of the driveway is an apartment building, so it's not terribly scenic. (If you are looking for a place to sleep and then get out, this is fine. If you wanted to sip cocktails on the veranda while overlooking a sunset over a lake, this is definitely not for you -- and in fact *Rome* is probably not for you.) The light was adequate, but not awesome. The kitchen has a toaster, coffee maker, dishwasher, and electric kettle in addition to the normal stove/oven/fridge. We did not try the oven, but the burners work. The gas burners are a little touchy, but work. There is one electric burner which we couldn't get to work immediately; it might be that it works fine, but because we prefer gas, we didn't spend a lot of time trying to figure it out. The kitchen is a tad small. It's adequate for one, but it would be very difficult for two people to work at the same time. There was a TV in the living/dining room which we never turned on. The TV in the bedroom worked, receiving all the regular Italian stations. The wifi worked great. The air conditioners worked. We did not have reason to see if the heat worked. The table was nice and big. Expanded, I think six people could have sat there easily. The four dining chairs were comfortable. One dining chair had one arm that was sort of broken; we pointed that out to Marco so it might be fixed by the time you get there. There were two folding chairs tucked beside the bookcase; we did not test those. We threw out food waste and undifferentiated garbage in containers in the building entrance; recycling was into containers about 10m from the front door. The recycling containers usually were overflowing, which was annoying, but that's not something Marco has control over. There was a little bit of street noise, but it wasn't bad (especially if the windows and shutters were closed). In the back, in the bedroom, we occasionally heard one of the neighbours talking loudly (it did not sound like an argument or domestic violence, he just talked loudly -- maybe he's deaf?). Fortunately, he didn't talk late at night. My husband and I both spent a lot of time sitting on the sofas, and can verify that they were were perfectly comfortable. I even napped on the sofa once. LOCATION The location was very good. The apartment is steps from the Metro B line, which is about two minutes away from the Colosseum and about ten minutes from the Termini train station. It is also close to the #3 tram line. It was about a 30 min walk to the Pantheon. The bad news is that the B line is closed on evenings (at 9pm) and weekends until December 2019 so they can connect the C line at Colosseo. There are replacement shuttles (and the bus #75 goes to/from the train station also), but we had bad luck with that: buses were really full and/or didn't come when we expected them to. We just arranged our schedule so that we didn't have to use transportation along the B line route on the weekend. (Other buses worked fine for us.) There is a small grocery store nearby which is closed on Sundays. There is a bigger grocery store (Carrefour) near the Colosseum which is open 24/7, but see previous note about the B line being closed on the weekends for us. (This should not be a problem for much longer, and then you'll be able to get to e.g. the Vatican very easily!) The Carrefour isn't *that* big of a store either, so that's a slight disadvantage to this location if you want to eat in a lot. There are about five or six restaurants in the immediate neighbourhood. We went to one, it was fine. Oh, there is also a fast, cheap, and close pizza joint that we went to a few times when we were either in a hurry or lazy. It's not the best pizza in the world, but it is *really* cheap, *really* fast, and *really* close. It was adequately tasty. There is not a washing machine in the apartment, but Marco can point you to a laundry (Il Mastello) which is about six stops away on the #3 tram. Leave your clothes there, pay them 10€, and come back four hours later to find everything washed, dried, and folded. Il Mastello was cheap, very convenient, and worked great for us. MARCO / CONSUMABLES We selected this apartment in large part because of the praise heaped on Marco. Marco was in fact awesome. We arrived to find that the kitchen was extremely well stocked! There was beer, bitters, Coca-cola, lots of water (both fizzy and unfizzy), a small amount of milk, mayonnaise, ketchup, butter, a bottle of red...