Alice’s place was very nice and did have a well stocked kitchen full of utensils. The bed was comfortable and it was well decorated and located to trastevere, public transit, markets, etc.
However, there were a couple of issues. When I arrived, Alice’s friend Federica let me in and let me know that the WiFi wasn’t working but should be fixed by the next day. Also, I was told that the shower doesn’t drain well and to be careful because the stairs down from the bathroom get slippery. That was an understatement! Practically the whole kitchen floor would flood even when I turned off the shower between shampooing, etc. Had to mop and use extra towels to clean up and launder those as well....not ideal during a trip.
Secondly, the WiFi didn’t get fixed the next day so Federica brought me a portable WiFi to use, which was helpful but not entirely reliable and I was in Rome for over two weeks on a work trip, so I needed reliable internet. Almost a week after I arrived, the internet still wasn’t fixed and I heard from Alice that the new router had arrived at the store and needed to be picked up but she was out of town and didn’t have anyone to get it. Since I needed the internet that night for a conference call, I had to go well out of my way to pick it up and come back to the apartment and set it up. Alice compensated me for my trouble and after I installed the internet it worked great but again, it wasn’t how I wanted to be spending my time in Rome and I do feel that more could’ve been done before I arrived to fix the problem, especially because the apartment advertises WiFi in its title description.