We stayed at the Carini Guesthouse for 2 nights, using it as our home base to explore the Eternal City. The room was nice, the bed was comfortable, the bathroom clean and the terrace was a nice extra. Alessandro (who organizes everything via Airbnb) was extremely helpful, answering our questions regarding commodities and transport in the city. Phil (the onsite host, maybe owner of the guesthouse?) kindly received us even though we arrived quite late. He prepared a lovely breakfast every morning, and was generally very helpful to us.
However, I feel the need to recount a situation that somewhat ruined the experience for us. The listing clearly lists a washing machine as a commodity. I also confirmed this with Alessandro months beforehand. He informed me that we could use the washing machine and the dryer. Now, before leaving for St Peters, I asked Phil if we Oulad use these. He said no, saying the machines were being used all day (or some similar reason). After this we left, as we had to arrive at the museum at a certain time. I remembered the correspondence with Alessandro and sent him an inquiry, thinking perhaps I had missed something. He apologized for the misunderstanding. When we got back to the guesthouse later, a visibly irritated Phil reprimanded us and said we should have asked him the day prior (fair enough, but we had confirmed months before and we arrived to Rome very late and on little sleep). He showed us how to use the machines, explaining the drier takes a very long time. His tone was still quite angry, and I could tell he really did not want us using them. We would have avoided it, but at this point on our trip we really needed to wash our clothes.
In the end, we washed and dried our clothes, and left Rome. I wish the latter part of this review had occurred differently. I understand there was probably some misunderstanding between Alessandro and Phil, but the fact is we felt very unwelcome in the guesthouse after this episode. I felt like I had wronged somebody, when in fact I was in my right to ask for a commodity which was the main reason we chose this listing in the first place.
Overall, I would definitely recommend staying here. It's a great catch, especially considering the price. Also, Phil and Alessandro seem like really great guys, and maybe we caught them on a bad day.