The apartment was good, but we had several issues come up during our stay which made things difficult. These issues had to do with the apartment being older, and all processes being manually carried out by an assistant.
First the good, the apartment is very well located in Pigneto, and the round bed is comfortable. The apartment complex is quiet and the neighbors, polite.
The bad- because the apartment is older, the lights flicker, one appliance can be on at a time, the shower fluctuates from freezing to scalding, the toilet flushes for 10 minutes, the keys are required to keep the lights on which means nothing can charge while you're away, and the doorknob requires the keys to leave the apartment and locks automatically behind you. Needing to use the keys to open the door from the inside is a fire hazard and generally unsafe. We accidentally left the keys in the door and let it close (entirely our fault) and didn't realize until we returned from dinner that night. Francesca, the house assistant, kindly came to try to let us in, but because the keys were in the other side of the door, she could not. She said she'd make some calls, and then left us without saying anything. After 20 minutes we realized she wasn't coming back, and started to look for somewhere else at 4am to sleep that night. Luckily we were able to find hostel bunk beds.
There's a washing machine in the apartment that requires Francesca to unlock it. I contacted the owner on a Sunday morning to see if it could be unlocked so I could do a load before my flight. Because Francesca had left for the beach that day it was not possible. The owner, once realizing she was not there that day, became upset with me for not asking a day in advance. I didn't realize it would require someone coming into our apartment and sitting in it while our laundry ran, which both feels like an invasion of privacy and a burdon to ask for. It would have been better if they just did not advertise laundry available.
The assistant must meet for check-in, and because our flight was delayed, we almost missed her. I expected 3 beds like the listing says and was surprised when there were only two. Francesca said a third did not exist. Either she didn't know about it or was in a rush. We found the third cot a day later and wished we'd known about it, as we didn't intend to share a bed. I'd hoped whoever checked us in would be able to help with our bags since the apartment is a 4-floor walkup, but she seemed in a rush and left.