First of all, Rome is a wonderful city and Barbara's place is at a great location to explore everything. It is central and close to many highlights but still far enough from the busy streets so there is barely any streetnoise at night (if you sleep with the Windows closed). The room itself was very nice. A good bed, airco, a tv and even a little balcony. No complaints here. The bathroom was on the other side of the living room, very small but you have everything you need and we didn't had to share it.
The communication with Barbara was quite difficult. She barely speaks English and trying to reach her was a disaster. A week before our arrival we had tried to reach her via different ways (Airbnb chat, mail, text, phone) but couldn't reach her. We had no idea how to get into her apartement or how to get the keys. It was 4 hours before our arrival that we got a message that she would be there for the keys. This was very stressful. Also don't expect to sleep in because the cat can be loud in the morning.
On our last day we decided to make the most of it and head out early in the morning. We had no chance to see Barbara. We had no idea at what time we had to check out and online it said "flexible checkin/out". Also, we never talked about check out hours because the communication was so difficult. At 11:00 we got an email from Barbara telling us that we had to checkout. We just entered Forum Romanum so this was really unconvenient. We tried to call her but once again, reaching her was not easy.