This was our first time staying in Italy and found Luliias place close to many places to visit.
The pros:
Convience of location, plenty of places to shop and eat, she was on time and friendly. We forgot to bring a European plug adapter, but she gave us her cell phone charger to keep for our trip, which was very nice of her. The bed was comfortable. Apartment was clean.
The cons:
Parking was a nightmare. Her listing said free street parking, which was not true. We thought it would be near the apartment. We came to find out that you have to pay to park in the historic area if you enter after 6pm and you can't leave the historic area and come back without getting charged again unless after 6pm. Once inside the area, only places with white lines were free to park.
We had to fight to find parking, which was blocks away and through a huge traffic circle center. We had to drag our bags in 90 degree weather far and on unlevel sidewalks and cobblestone because we could not even pull up to the apartment to unload due to construction blocking the access. I wish we would have gotten some information about these things beforehand.
Once we got our bags inside, we discovered that the apartment was on the 2nd floor with only access by a small narrow spiral staircase, making it very diffcult to carrying our luggage up.
The shower was soo small just me, 165 lbs, could not even bend over. The shower's hot water ran out after only 5 minutes of room temperature use. The living area was very small also. Barely fitting our bags and ourselves.
All in all it was not bad for one night in Rome on a budget, but if you plan on bringing a car or are bigger than 170 lbs., you might want to find another place that can suit your needs better for a little bit more money.