Originally I requested if it would be possible to drop our bags to the apartment early, so we could spend our morning in Rome without our luggage. Mirca confirmed that this would be okay and confirmed timing, etc before the day. On the day, when confirming this before arriving to the apartment - Mirca unfortunately was unable to accommodate this and we sadly had to wait an hour for the previous guests to checkout, aswell as for Mirca to arrive. A small oversight, but still an inconvenience and I thought due to the fact we'd confirmed this a week or two out, that it wouldn't be an issue. It meant we lost a bit of time sightseeing and it also meant waiting around with our bags. Understandable on her part that things out of her control probably led to this. But unfortunate nonetheless and when it was confirmed as not a problem - it still is unfortunate when things like this happens. If we were told that this wasn't a possibility to drop bags early, I'd have made arrangements with one of the local baggage storage places. At the end of the day, we were still able to check in at 12pm and leave our bags - which is still earlier than most places would allow - so I cannot complain too much. But in the interest of transparency and for future guests here - this may be worth noting.
Similar to above - communication wasn't great and felt lacking - it took me following up a few times on address, etc and felt like we were an after thought sadly.
The apartment is without a doubt an absolutely beautiful space and a lovely, central position in the city. I wanted nothing more than to give this beautiful space a 5 star review in every way - but the apartment above us was extremely noisy and the floor not very sound proof. So it meant a bad nights rest unfortunately. No fault of the hosts of course, but still, when you lose sleep - you definitely do not feel as if you paid for what you intended to, which is a good night's sleep. This problem is of course not avoidable and it isn't something that the host could ever fix or change, but for the sake of our "honest" review .... I had to add this.
The apartment was styled lovely though. Gorgeous interior, beautiful touches and some nice, personable amenities. The apartment was clean and well kept - I'd liken this to the standards of any higher end hotel. So in that respect, it was truly great.