The stay was much different than usual airbnbs as it was a converted storefront/garage? It was a unique concept but a little troublesome opening and closing the gate every time we went out. If you like ease, this wouldn’t be for you as you need to work with a finicky gate, a padlock, and a unlocking/locking a sliding door. The location was ok however the area was not near any metro stops but there are bus stops nearby. There’s plenty of restaurants nearby and very close to Trastevere which is a beautiful cute neighborhood for food. You can walk generally anywhere between 20-35 minutes to all the tourist spots.
The bed was comfortable and the space was nicely decorated and overall felt safe. If you are sensitive to noise you will be able to hear outside cars and people but it wasn’t too bad. If you like privacy, the living area was able to seen from outside even with the curtains as they were very sheer.
Checking in was fine however communication was not the best as it was difficult to get ahold of the host.
Our stay was on the 17th and she messaged me on the 11th letting me know she was going to be out of town and wouldn’t be able to welcome us - which was totally fine it was super nice of her to let us know ahead of time but after that there was absolutely no response when I messaged her back on the next day on the 12, 16, and finally check in day 17 which she didn’t respond until after checkin time at 3. We wanted to see if we could either check in early OR simply leave our bags there after the previous guests checked out. We understand the rules of check in times however we’ve had many Airbnb hosts let us leave our bags while it’s being cleaned. And we’ve also found many are cleaned much earlier than the check in time. Either way if it was not possible that would’ve been fine too but all I asked for was a response so we know and can plan accordingly. We ended up going there earlier anyways because there was a lockbox and the cleaner that arrived there was super nice!! We left our bags and saw him later on the way back and he showed us a photo of our bags safely inside the room that he moved out of the way of view.
The host was nice and informative in the original message but in my opinion it’s a little irresponsible to not have access to communicating with your guests from a week prior all the way till after check in time, even if you were out of town. What if there was an emergency or something more serious like not being able to get in?
All things aside overall I would say this was decent value if you’re doing a short stay and are pretty easy going. Thanks!