PERFECTION! I realize you think this is over the top but hear me out.
1. Sparkling clean top to bottom: hard to do in an older building, and a studio type apartment. Sheets and bed perfectly clean, towels fresh and plentiful. Also with the supplies to keep it clean.
2. Communication: before, during and after impeccable. We were given more than one way to communicate, and each way was timely and very helpful.
3. Location: we didn’t know where we should stay in Rome for our first time. This location was just wonderful, with great proximity to shops, restaurants, groceries, sights, and although like the rest of older Rome not easy to navigate with a Taxi or Über, we were extremely pleased with the location, navigating to and from here, as well as ability to have quality eats within several minutes at any time of day.
4. Amenities: washer, no dryer, but excellent balcony with a very clean metal drying rack. The afternoon sun is just perfect for this task, and I was able to wash clothes with precision timing (didn’t stay on 1 minute left for 15 minutes), hair dryer, and towel warmer which can be a more rapid dryer of clothes that don’t dry in time or thoroughly outside. Obligatory clean fridge with a cold bottle of water, espresso if you want in the room, dishes, glassware, even cookware although we didn’t really use much except some silverware. This said, easy and organized with chairs and table that fold up.
5. Bed and bedding: this is the hardest to nail perfectly. I liked the fact that the bedding is clearly easy to keep clean because this also tells you just how clean it was along with the appearance. Mattress protector, pillow selection for the just right pillow, plenty of outlets available as well for charging your devices or a CPAP. The windows can be opened, although there can be noise, and the windows can be really closed to block light. Even though there is the noise of the side street, the windows shut this out very well, and there was a noticeable difference between closed and open in the level of quiet. The mattress will never be perfect for me anywhere but home but I don’t expect this to be the case.
6. Temperature control: air blows cold. We were there in early October, so I can’t say what it is at 4 pm in July, but given the ability to close curtains, block light and blow cold, I am pretty confident you will be very comfortable there.
7. Bathroom: yes it is a smaller shower, but having the ability to keep your shampoo and soap out of the spray is key, and this is well placed. The rain head shower is not as easy to adjust temperature as all that, but for those born more than 50 years ago you will not be fazed. It does spray a bit outside, and you may need to dry some toweling on the heated rack or outside, but we found that closing the bathroom door and opening the window dried out the bathroom and there was no mildew smell or evidence thereof. Lastly, a toilet brush with soap is right there for the bottarga bowel action that might occur when you gorge like the ancient ones.
8. Storage for luggage: always difficult for those who overpack (guilty as charged). The bed has nice shoe storage underneath, I found that by being creative we had plenty of room to organize, repack, and keep things tidy.
9. Personal touches: I cannot say what Erida and Roberto will do for you, but they made us feel welcome well before we got there, English was impeccable, and they went above and beyond to organize more than just our place to stay. I cannot recommend them highly enough they were just that good.