Great value; a very mixed neighbourhood; intermittently noisy neighbours who sit outside possibly between work shifts and have very loud conversations close by which carry straight through the hedge; good transport links though you have to be careful to work out which trains from Valle Aurelia stop at Monte Mario. Checking the printed poster station timetable is safest information.
The building may have been a farmhouse once but the setting is now quite urban; also the apartment is built at ground level with the bedroom small and tucked under the front steps hence its low sloping roof and tight space. I was there by myself and would have struggled with two sharing the bedroom for my 12 night visit.
The living room space is ample and the bathroom arrangement fine. Don’t turn the fridge down as it will freeze your vegetables!
You need to be fit and able bodied as there can be a lot of steps between there and getting off the metro in Rome. The bus service is close by and useful.
I had a great visit but the trade off for great accommodation value is quite a lot of commuting time and effort especially the metro to train connection at Valle Aurelia. However you get a better perspective of life in Rome than simply staying in the tourist areas and paying a lot for it.
Be careful if you arrive at the central railway station that you take the orange metro line A and not the blue line B. Otherwise you will pay for another ticket to switch lines. Load the TicketAppy app. It is really useful once you get the hang of it. You won’t have to queue at the station machine for a train ticket. Don’t initiate the metro part of a ride until you are about to go through the turnstile. Hold your phone quite flat to the optical scanner. Currently typically there is only one QR scanner at each turnstile set; the system currently seems quite new. Train ticket inspectors (managers) smile when they see it!
If you are out late at night you will probably have to use buses to get home. Check the time and stops of the last train from Valle Aurelia otherwise.
In short, a place with character and great value with a few challenges and downsides.