Laura and her husband Mario were lovely. The first night did not start great. After a long day of travel, we got into Ostia late and then couldn't find the apartment number (it's an apartment, I don't know why but I was expecting a house). It was hot and muggy and we kept miscommunicating (she does not speak very good english, my husband and I speak no Italian-somehow we made it work). She came and found us and walked us to the apartment! She showed us around and let us be (by the way, very small elevator). She came in the morning (and all subsequent mornings) and made us breakfast (eggs, bacon, coffee, tea and bread- so simple but so good!). She cleaned up our room and made up our bed every morning (even though we left it a mess!). The neighborhood was busier and a little messier than I expected but still lovely, I mean it's Italy :) The apartment has an amazing patio that my husband and I used for dinner and just sat and hung out during the evenings. Fair warning, Ostia is not a quick ride (but fairly easy) to get to Rome. Takes around 30-45 minutes using public transportation but still pretty great since we travelled all over Italy and used Ostia as a central location. On the last morning we were there, we met Mario (Laura's husband), who speaks a little more english than her. He was very kind and offered us a ride to the airport the next morning. It was truly wonderful and such a sweet ending to their hospitality. They live right next door and have an adorable dog. The ONLY thing that I was slightly disappointed by was the fact that there was no washing machine even though it was advertised as such. We had been travelling for over a week and needed to wash clothes but couldn't. I think she offered to do them (language barrier didn't really make this clear) but I just couldn't bring myself to give our dirty clothes. Just felt weird. But overall, this listing was accurately listed and laura and mario's hospitality went above and beyond what was expected and we were pleasantly surprised and truly enjoyed our time there :) Thank you Laura and Mario!