Pros
-checkin was a breeze, Valentina reached out beforehand to provide instructions and left the keys locked to the main gate in a padlock.
-6 mins by foot from Tirburtina train station
-4 mins by foot from nearest metro
-62 bus leaves from Tiburtina and goes central for tourist purposes
-large grocery store next door
-well stocked kitchen with pots, pans, plates, silverwear, stove, microwave
-had more than enough towels provided
Cons
-toilet seems older and broke down 2x and a plumber had to be called. In the first week it was not consistently flushing and sometimes I'd have to try 4 or 5x. Other times I'd have to leave it for hrs and hope it finally flushed when I tried. The plumber came and supposedly fixed it but a week later it completely stopped flushing.
-door lock became loose in its enclosure and wouldn't turn or lock. Unfortunately this happened the same day toilet broke down leaving me trapped inside the apartment with no working toilet and no way to leave since I couldn't lock the door or open it from the outside, waiting hours for a handyman. I asked Valentina to call a locksmith immediately and provided videos of the problem but she first wanted to stop by 10 hrs later in the evening to look at it and show me how to use the lock, and then said the plumber could fix it when he arrived in a few hrs, neither of which were particularly acceptable given the circumstances. Luckily the toilet didn't break down a 3rd time and worked for the rest of my stay.
-very noisy apartment. Can hear all the noises on the street even with both shutters and windows closed. I often thought the windows were open only to check and see they were closed so I don't think the windows kept out noise. All the noise from construction, alarms, garbage trucks were heard very clearly.
-upstairs neighbors move furniture or something around often resulting in pretty awful scraping screeching noises.
-personal preference but the apt does not get as much natural sunlight as I thought based on the pictures. It's a ground floor apt and there's very little natural light even with the shutters open. I had to keep lights on during the day as I worked.
Overall a decent stay, especially when the problems stopped.