The apartment was great and convenient. The area is slightly dirty but honestly, most of rome is to be honest. We spent 5 nights in Domenicos place and it was a good base for us. The apartment has two large bedrooms with two separate bathrooms. Some slight issues with the hotwater but you will work it out. The living area is large and has a good kitchen. The air conditioners work well but tis is an exra 5 eu a day for all 3. It was 35 degrees so we paid to use upfront.
There is a full supermarket right next door and has cheap Peroni. 3 pack for 2 euro. We were a family of five with 2 small kids. We used the tram 8 several times and to walk there from the apartment took about 10mins. There are a lot of dodgy footpaths to navigate and typical Roman drivers but mostly fine. Buy your tickets from the magazine stand at the lights. 1.5eu. We cabbed it back twice from rome centre to avoid the heat and it cost about 15euro.
There are some great restaurants about 5 mins walk as well. Go to Pepitos for the best pizza youll ever have for about 8eu and go to Essenziale for an amazing italian meal, superb food and great beers. We went three times in 5 days. So cheap 12eu for a main pasta.
We had to head to our Cruise in Civitavecchia about 1.5hrs north of rome at the cruise terminal. We had planned to catch the train as the transfers in rome are so expensive. Over 250 eu one way. However, Domenico helped us out big time. He has a contact he uses for this exact trip. For 9 people (another family met us) the cost was 140eu one way in total. It was the best money we spent as the trainwith luggage and kids is not an option. We also rebooked for the return trip to the airport. Domenico was a great host and I would definately recommend staying there and using his contacts.