We had, for the most part, a very positive experience and enjoyed staying in Franco's flat. It was an easy 10 minute walk from the Termini train station and very well located for walking to most things you'd want to see in the old city, and just a block away from the metro to get to those things like the Vatican which are further away. Franco as well as his city manager were easy to communicate with and provided timely response to our inquiries which helped with our travel coordination. Our train was delayed two hours getting into Rome, and they were very accommodating of our schedule change. The flat is easy to get to up just one flight of stairs, nicely furnished, the sofa beds were reasonably comfortable (either that or we were thoroughly exhausted every night!), and the AC did a nice job keeping us cool in contrast to the searing August heat and humidity outside. Unfortunately, we were perpetually frustrated with the Internet access. It seems that only a limited number of devices were able to share the IP at any given time. So although I might be surfing the Internet, if my wife or one of my boys were to turn on their device, there was always a good chance that I'd get kicked off - or vice versa. On the other hand, that same lack of communal access forced us to put the devices down and do more of what we came to do - explore Rome! The other challenge was the fact that there is an adjoining flat which shares a wall which is made of glass for the top 2-3 feet. It's high enough up that privacy didn't seem like it was much of an issue (you'd really have to want to get up on a chair or something to peer over). However, occasionally our neighbors would come back late or leave earlier than we were ready to get up, and the light from their unit along with the ambient noise (talking, kitchen stuff, etc) would easily filter through which was a little annoying. I should also note that the same router that we were using for Internet access was actually located in that adjoining flat and I presume also being used by our neighbors. All in all though, it was a very enjoyable stay. We would definitely consider staying here again.