The location of the apartment is great in the middle of cosy, bustling Trastevere and in walking distance (if you, like us, like walking) from a lot of the interesting sites in Rome. The apartment itself is very cosy! The shower is great with good pressure and enough hot water. The hosts were nice and easy to communicate with.
BUT the noise in this apartment unfortunately overshadowed a lot of the positive points. It's a bit like sleeping in a tent in the street (noise wise). The windows are paper thin so you hear everything going on outside. On top of that the exposed beams in the ceiling might be pretty to look at but transport the noise from the apartment upstairs incredibly well.
I had ear plugs and was very tired in the evening so I managed to sleep through the noise from the street at night but it was worse in the morning. The church bell wakes you up at 07.00. When that's finished and you just got back to sleep the neighbour starts pacing the floor upstairs. Sometimes there was even some kind of heavy sewing machine like banging noise. After that a dog (the neighbour's?) barked for about 15 minutes every morning. On top of that you have the scooters driving past, the odd car alarm, the trash collectors and God knows what else. Basically it's impossible to sleep after 07.00. Even with ear plugs.
We live in the center of Oslo in an old apartment building and are used to noise from both the street and the neighbours but this was exceptional.
If you're a heavy sleeper this is the perfect apartment though.