I need a place very close the train station since I planned to take the late bus from Siena to Rome. Mikhail’s place was indeed right by the train station, very quiet, the place looked newly refurbished and all the surfaces looked clean.
But there were several small issues: the space under the mattress looked very very messy and the mattress cover itself was dirty with many small hairs left by previous guests. Of course, one can argue that on top of the mattress cover there were clean bed sheets, so new guests are not in direct contact with the dirty mattress cover, but that feeling was still very uncomfortable, given that I only discovered the second night, and this kind of practice will never be tolerated in any hotel or B&B.
I also suspect the water lock in drainage pipes in the shower was not sitting tightly, as there was a strong stink coming from the pipes the second morning. I had to keep ventilation running and windows open the whole time I’m in, but the stink was still pretty strong.
As I said, I only found out these issues very late the second and my last night, so to be fair there was nothing Mikhail could do for me other than do a better job cleaning for the future guests.
The Wi-Fi in the apartment works really well, very fast and stable. Overall, I think I had an okay stay, but I hope Mikhail would put more efforts into the apartment then it would be very nice place to stay.