Riccardo made us feel extremely welcome right from the get go. He was kind enough to give us very good and detailed directions to his house from the airport and was at home to greet us as we checked in. He gave us a 1hr orientation of the popular sights and sounds in Rome and provided us a nice map to use for our travels. The room was private, clean and big - the entire apartment is pretty big actually. The washrooms were nice and clean, private as well with toilet, shower, and bidet all in one. No tub however. There was candy and bottle of water (already opened though) on the table for us. I could smoke on the balcony and he let us use his washing machine with detergent which is in his kitchen.

His house is a wee bit far off from the city center with about 20-25 min travel by tram or bus required. Mornings, Riccardo would make fresh tea and coffee for us and provide us a light breakfast - much appreciated. He was kind enough to help us move our luggage out of the room as we were too late to return home from a day of sightseeing on our last day. He was also kind enough to let us leave our luggage as we had to catch a midnight bus to Milan. Being late, we were ready to take the taxi to the bus station but Riccardo insisted and was kind enough to drive us to the bus station about 15-20 min from his house.

All in all a great host as the reviews have specified and always very much eager to please.