Beautifully remodeled/detailed apartment with impressive AC and shower. Sara and the owner, Mario, were responsive and friendly during our 8-night stay.

IMPORTANT TO NOTE:
The description says "Tourist home Velvet apartment, is just few steps to Trastevere." However it's a solid 15 minute walk, or 3 stops by bus, before you begin to encounter the old town charm of Trastevere. For example, if you wanted to pop out to Fatamorgana for a gelato (that's one of the closest Trastevere haunts) it's a solid 1km away = 30 minutes round trip.

ARRIVAL:
Our arrival to Rome was severely delayed. BA sent us on an afternoon flight... followed by one of our bags on an evening flight... and then our final bag on a late-night flight. We spent several hours waiting at the airport and Sara was gracious and responsive throughout, making sure someone would still be there to great us when we could finally make our way to the apartment.

EXTRA FEES:
On our (now late-night) entry we were greeted by Arlen who was friendly and helpful. He requested that we pay him an extra city tax for the nights we would be staying, plus another fee for arriving after 8pm. We didn't mind the late-night fee (we felt terrible about the baggage delay), however neither that fee nor the city tax were mentioned in the original AirBNB post or booking details. Arlen said not to worry and to bring this up with Sara. The next day I spoke with Sara, but she didn't budge on the fees. So I then had to petition to AirBNB by making a Skype call back to the US (the Italy number is only in Italian). AirBNB states that all fees must be collected through AirBNB, thus avoiding these sort of surprises on arrival. The AirBNB representative waived the fees for me and also let Sara know that hosts can collect additional fees only when it's explicitly mentioned in the apartment listing (as of my review, the listing has now been updated to show the extra fees).

SUMMARY:
Outside of the initial hiccup regarding unexpected fees, the rest of our stay was great. Our other questions and concerns were quickly responded to by Sara and Mario, and Mario came on our last day to help us carry our bags to our waiting taxi/Uber. While the unexpected distance to the restaurants and sites of Trastevere was a disappointment... it was balanced out by the size of the apartment and the amenities, as the WIFI, AC, laundry, and impressive shower all worked perfectly.