It is always a pleasure to stay in an apartment built by an architect or an engineer. Their qualifications allow them to imagine the space in the best possible manner possible, in ways that we, mere mortals, are unable to. Such is the case of this jewel in EUR, which was designed by Valter, an Italian engineer.
He has thought of everything down to the millimeter (or inch, if you prefer imperial measurements). The shower is large for two - not that I necessarily tried :-) ; the washing machine is tucked away, yet easy to access; the bed and bedroom are situated perfectly with respect to the day part of the apartment; the kitchenette, sofa, tv,and desk, are placed in perfect symbiosis, and the desk can even be placed joined with the table in case you have want to have guests - say 6 more people to your foursome! Of course Valter has also thought of extra chairs - folding ones, carefully nestled away for use (or not).
For summertime (I was in Rome for July-August), the apartment’s placement - half above ground, half below assures that the space stays cool, all the while bathing the apartment in indirect sunlight through the three large windows. (As a comparison, now that I am back home in western Pennsylvania - admittedly a darker area of the USA because of clouds and small mountains - I find myself turning on the lights all the time because my eyes are used to living in a bright, sunlit home. The A/C is located perfectly (of course) so that it cools off the whole apartment. I only needed to run the A/C at night. When I return back around 7:00pm, I found find the apartment still cool!
Valter is an attentive, caring and solicitous host. He truly wants his guests to enjoy their stay in Rome with out being at all intrusive. He lives on the floor directly above the apartment, and he is willing to come down at a moment’s notice to assist his guests. (When I had trouble with the Wi-Fi on the first day, he came down at 9:30pm to fix the problem so I could send emails home notifying family and friends I had arrived safe. I hadn’t told him why I needed the Wi-Fi so late in the evening, he intuited it.) Valter would have made a great concierge!
In short, if you are looking to live and work in the EUR neighborhood of Rome, I cannot think of a better place to stay - and I have been coming to Rome, almost annually, for over 10 years.