The apartment as no window and is in the basement so it is a bit stuffy and hot though there is a special ventilation (that you will need to use!) and air conditioning (but we didn’t have to use the later in september). The room is clean and so is the bathroom. There are also clean towels (that you will need to mope the floor because the shower leaks a bit!) and clean sheets. You can use the kitchen but it is not really made for cooking and there is no microwave. Carmine is very helpful and accommodating and answered all our emails and requests, though I can’t say he gave us much information about the neighborhood or is passionate about his city (but then it is also fun to discover by yourself and we should not be to romantic about airbnb!) The procedure for the keys is very simple and Christian, a friend of Carmine, will give you the keys and show the apartment where everything is simple and in working condition (except the internet!). The decoration is very simple and impersonal like you would expect for a place rented by a professional real-estate agent. The only real problem was with the internet that really works erratically and you will need in Rome to book tickets for places like the Vatican, the coliseum, villa Borghese and the like if you didn’t do it before coming to Rome (but there is an internet place just next door!)
The apartment is really well situated in a quiet family neighborhood with two cheap supermarkets, take away pizzas for 4 € and cafes for a nice breakfast. There is an internet place where you can print for 0.25 € a page just next door. It is also 5 minutes’ walk to the bars and restaurants streets of trastevere so it is great at night (and not to expensive). You can go out at night in trastevere and find your way home quite easily. For the sightseeing and museums you will have to walk a little bit but nothing is more than an hour’s walk and walking is really what you should do in Rome. So I would not recommend it for people how don’t want to walk too much because trastevere is a bit far for the main sights. Overall, I think it is a great apartment if you just want a comfortable and clean place to sleep and enjoy the streets of Rome during the day or the restaurants and bars of trastevere at night and I must say I had a wonderful time for my first time in Rome with my Wife thanks to Carmine and Airbnb for a reasonable price (it’s about the price of an hotel but there are in fact very few in trastevere and I think it is really more fun to leave in an apartment). But it is definitely not a place to stay in.