Patrick's place had a lot of positive features - it's location in Trastevere is gorgeous, tiny cobbled streets, lots of cafés and bars dotted between beautiful churches and architecture.
The house felt very secure, the terrace is a great feature and the jacuzzi felt very luxurious and relaxing away from the chaos and bustle of Rome.
Patrick was very quick to respond to messages and calls, and his mother (who takes care of the place) is only 10 minutes away and attended quickly for one of the problems we had.
We had a number of problems/challenges during our stay that I feel it is worthwhile for others to be aware of.
Firstly, the location is not where it is on the map, it is about 50 metres away. This is not clear at booking and as I arrived in the dark the photo of the front door was no help. This led to me dragging 2 heavy bags up and down the street over cobbles for over half an hour although Patrick was very communicative whilst I was lost.
Also be aware that uber will not drop you outside the door due to how narrow the street is, although in this case I obviously would have been dropped in the wrong place anyway.
2 keys were provided for us, but we were not aware that the second key was extremely difficult to use due to being copy. This led to us being locked out, but again Patrick was very communicative and his mother came within 10 minutes to save us. It would have been useful to know this information about the keys during check in.
We experienced 2 power cuts whilst in the property, Patrick quickly advised us where the circuit board was to fix it. By the second power cut we figured out it was the oven that was causing the problem and advised Patrick, he said he would get it looked at.
The kitchen itself is very small and basic, and although there is a large dining room it would be very difficult to cook and large meal.
The bathroom room has an interesting feature where the shower and toilet are in the same small 'cubicle' at one end of the bathroom, I have actually seen this before on a trip to Morocco but certainly didn't expect it in an Italian house, and for this price.