This place was terrible! The experience with the host was even worse. Let's start with the €20 cleaning fee that was not revealed until after we had booked. I know that's not a lot of money but the dishonesty right away was troubling and was a sign of things to come.
When we arrived we quickly realized there wasn't a toilet seat as was shown in the photos. We immediately let the guy know that checked us in and he acted like he wasn't aware of that and said the previous tenants must've broken it and that he would replace it the next day. Also the shelf above the bathroom sink was missing and he said that was due to a previous tenant as well. We messaged the host about the toilet seat and she said she wasn't aware of it either and said it would get replaced. 6 days later when we left there still wasn't a toilet seat! She kept giving us excuses as to why they didn't replace it. Clearly she had no intention of ever replacing it and that was unacceptable for us.
The "queen" bed is really two twins pushed together and they were very firm and very uncomfortable. And not firm in a good way but firm because they're of a very low quality. The pillows were awful too. We asked for more comfortable pillows but we only got more excuses.
It was somewhat hot in the end of September when we were there and the A/C did not cool the apartment down at all. It was worthless. It would run for a few minutes then shut off. That was another issue we asked the host to address and she did nothing about it. Thankfully it cooled down at night with the windows open but then there was a ton of noise throughout the night. Our only saving grace was having earplugs so we could sleep.
The location is the only good thing about this place. It's right behind the Colosseum, but it's a 10 minute walk away, not 2 minutes like others have said. The area around the apartment was safe and there are plenty of good restaurants close by and a grocery store too.
We don't recommend this place to anyone. It's that bad. Do yourself a favor and select another apartment since there are many options in Rome. Our mistake was not quickly contacting Airbnb to move elsewhere.