I highly recommend Francesco’s flat. Although we haven’t met in person, communication with him was easy, he responds right away and is clear with instructions. We had a few last minute requests like an additional person, early check in, and luggage storage among other things; which he graciously made accommodations for.
Francesco’s apartment is huge compared to other airbnbs in Europe. He opened up all three rooms for our group of six adults and all are moderately sized. Two rooms have one full sized bed and a twin. The other room has a pullout couch and a couple of tables with chairs. It is also family friendly as there were a couple of cribs in the room. There were two bathrooms, one is ensuite and the other is outside in the hallway, shower is small but is expected in Europe.
As for cleanliness, this is by far the cleanest airbnb I had ever been in, we didn’t have to “clean” and sanitize before we settle in.
Kitchen is well stocked but had a hard time figuring out the microwave so we ended up not using it anyway. There is also a brand new washer but didn’t get to use it.
Francesco said there should be shampoo and soap in the bathroom but we didn’t find any, although there some handsoap )maybe they ran out), we just used our own, no biggie.
As for location, it’s 7 minute walk from the Metro and a couple of minutes from the usual Vatican meeting point for tours (literally nextdoor, up the stairs).
For Asians who like Jollibee there is one down the road (5 minute walk), we had a bucket of fried chix on our last night!