We stayed for 5 nights in Max's top floor, 3 bedroom apartment and found it to be a great base for exploring Rome. The apartment is a very short (maybe 5 minute) walk from the Re Di Roma Metro stop and between that and walking, we had no trouble getting around the city. But it's far enough removed from the heavily visited sites that, while still a busy part of town, it's all locals and not tourists. Nearby are several coffee shops, restaurants, a grocery store, small market, quick take out places and kiosks to buy Metro tickets/newspapers. The neighborhood was clean, safe and relatively quiet. We never heard noise from other apartments in the building or road traffic, with the exception of ambulances, which are impossible not to hear no matter where you are.

The apartment itself is nicely decorated, clean and spacious, with two bathrooms and a shared living/kitchen area. It has a washer (no dryer, but lines are outside the windows), oven, freezer/fridge and though we wound up only using the oven once, it was nice to have the option of a full kitchen. Max was away most of our stay but we met him on our last night and he was very kind and talkative and did a great job of keeping in touch with us prior to our arriving in Rome, communicating some last minute changes and making sure we had all the info we needed once in the apartment. His English is excellent and he was even able to help us out with obtaining a needed phone number prior to our actually meeting him. We found him to a helpful, gracious host and our room had everything we needed-lots of closet space, electrical outlets, and a comfortable bed.

The only thing to keep in mind is that there will likely be other people staying in the unit with you. I believe one of the bedrooms is Max's, but the other 2 are rented out and you will be sharing space with whomever rents the other bedroom. There are two bathrooms in the hallways, so you may wind up sharing a bathroom with either Max or other renters. Max keeps the place clean-no smoking allowed and for the most part things were quiet during our stay...except for the other bedroom occupant, who enjoyed either Skype or speakerphone conversations starting at about 9:00pm each night and going anywhere from 30 minutes to several hours. She would mostly conduct these in the kitchen and usually we were fed and ready for bed by the time we reached the apartment each night and had brought earplugs so it was manageable. Still, something to be aware of.

All in all we enjoyed our stay and would gladly stay with Max again when in Rome!