My mother and I had an amazing experience being hosted by Ernesto, Andrea's brother. He helped us in every possible way imaginable. I mean the degree that Ernesto went with making sure we were completely at ease made us feel like he were tending to his family.

Pros
•location extremely easy to figure out and get to. Take Metro A from Termini and get off at Manzoni, the place is just down the street
•incredibly caring and helpful hosts
•clean, spacious room
•complimentary breakfast and internet
•Metro A takes you everywhere you would care to go as a tourist. just one switch to Metro B is required to get to the Colosseum (but really its walkable)

Cons
•The flat is actually on the basement level. This doesnt really matter but some might think so
•bathroom is shared with two other rooms. it was clean though
•I can see noise from other guests being a problem but it wasnt the case for us. The doors do, in fact, have a tendency to slam even when you slowly try to close them, and the rooms are in fairly close contact with eachother (you can lock your room)
•blankets had a bit of odor and could have used a wash, otherwise the room itself was perfect