G is such a friendly and welcoming host with much advice and tips, he clearly really wants you to get the most out of your stay in rome. The apartment is in the basement with windows coming out on street pavement level, however it is very safe with all windows having proper security measures on them. Pigneto is a lovely area, pretty safe and very boho vibrant atmosphere. All the restaurants and supermarkets and farmer's markets were of a very high standard and trendy- think the brooklyn or shoreditch of Rome. We were actually really glad we stayed there as opposed to in the historic centre, as we got to experience a real italian perspective of roman life instead of falling into tourist traps. Food was also cheaper there than in the centre. It was very easy to get into the centre via the no. 5/14 tram from very close to the apartment to Termini station, this takes 15 mins. Once you get to termini, rome is in the palm of your hand, everything in the centre is walkable distance or there is a bus station terminal in termini too (rome seems to run largely on buses). The washing machine was out of order on the first couple days we were there- but perhaps it was fixed later and we just weren't aware of it- either way it was not an obstacle in the enjoyment of our stay. The bed was amazingly comfortable and despite being in a buzzing neighbourhood it wasn't really noisy.