We spent our entire foreign exchange semester in this apartment. San Lorenzo is a very popular student hot-spot with many lively bars and restaurants. Unfortunately the apartment is located directly above a bar called the „The Container“ that starts playing live-music from 23:00 until the early morning hours, every night 6 days a week. This may be an issue, if you aren’t used to loud environments. But we managed, by using ear plugs to fall asleep. As students, we did miss a designated „work/office area“. The dining table was ok for that, and we managed, but it was not optimal, as the chair seats are quite „sat-through“ and concave, so that we both had some back pain from sitting there over extended periods of time, for studying and Homeoffice.
Although we did have to do some initial deep-cleaning, the kitchen was great for the simple cooking we did, with oil, vinegar, coffee and many spices already available. The oven was a little dirtier with persistent old grease we couldn’t get out, but we didn’t end up using it after all, so it didn’t bother us further. The somewhat dated washing machine, located under the kitchen sink area, was very, very noisy and would shake up the entire kitchen console and cabinets, so much so, that it would regularly knock out the outer-most cabinet from under the console, which we would then have to push back in every time. Other than that, it served us well and our laundry was always nice and clean!
Also something to consider, is that the rooms do not have doors, so the bedroom with the king-size bed is only accessible by walking through the other bedroom, which is basically a connecting room. For us, this ended up not being a problem, but we were not initially aware of it and it may be an issue in terms of lack of privacy.
Despite these minor issues, we really enjoyed our stay here and truly made the apartment on Via Tiburtina our own little home for the time we spent studying in beautiful Rome. We want to express how truly grateful we were for Guiseppe and Nadia, they were extremely kind, accommodating and helpful. Whenever there was an issue, they would always promptly answer and make a real effort to help and support us, which made us feel very cared for. They were amazing! The same goes for Ali, the technician! :-) The apartment had everything we needed and gave us that authentic, vintage-y Roma-charm, that we will remember fondly in the years to come.