Luca's mother met us at the apartment as Luca was away but we met him when he returned. He was very friendly and helpful, spoke good English and gave us lots of advice about Rome. The apartment is spacious and very clean. It is on a narrow one way road that gets a surprising amount of traffic that is quite noisy because of the cobble stones. However once the traffic abates late at night it's very quiet. We always slept well. The bed is extremely comfortable. The apartment overlooks the back of Palitine Hill so not only is it a lovely view but it is very private as no other apartments look into Luca's. There is a fantastic deli around the corner (Ifienili) where we bought supplies on a daily basis. The only downside to this apartment is it is a long way from the neatest Metro Station (about 1km) and the busses are infrequent, not reliable and pretty incomprehensible (for us anyway!) so you need to be prepared to do a lot of walking. It is very close to The Forum and The Coliseum as the crow flies but you have to walk all the way around the complex to get to the entrance (about 1.6 kms). Having said that, we found the public transport system the worst of any in any other European city and Rome is big so no matter where you stay you'll have to do some walking. It's quite close walking to the Trastevere area where there are heaps of good restaurants and great atmosphere and there are a couple of quite decent restaurants around the corner. We didn't bother getting a Romapass or even daily transport tickets as it was usually easier to walk where we wanted to go (the metro doesn't go into the centre anyway) and we just bought single tickets - much cheaper in the end. Overall, a great stay.