This is only a great place if you're very young AND have a phone that works in Europe or speak Italian fluently. There are a few caveats- 1. There is no phone. If you'd like to call someone or call a cab, there is a payphone a short walk away. Imagine how annoying this is if it is raining really hard. 2. It is right next door to a seafood market. The smell is...not great. 3. There is a little loft with two beds above the kitchen and dining area, but it's roof is four and a half feet overhead. If you are taller than six feet, this is problematic. 4. You are very far from the town center and hotspots. not within walking distance, unless you love walking uphill at a 45 degree angle. Also, the road is deceptively winding and adds another mile to what seems a short walk. 5. The people in the neighborhood are very unfriendly if you don't speak Italian. I was the only one that could and they were nice to me, every one else was ignored. 6. You absolutely have to get Silvio to run through how to catch the bus from the residence. He takes it for granted that you know the mass transit of Rome like he does. Insist. I didn't and ended up going in totally the opposite direction I wanted to go. 7. The bathroom is miniscule. I am very broad shouldered and my shoulders touched either side of the shower. The toilet is set at an odd angle as well. I hit my head on the light fixture and received a small cut there when the lightbulb shattered in the middle of the night. 8. The washer is still a complete mystery to me. No idea how to use that thing and never did figure out where the dryer was, either. 9. There is only one key! Important to know if your group splits up. One group might end up sitting around for a long time waiting for the key holder to get back. That out of the way, it isn't too bad of a place to stay. I'm used to some really bad accomodations in the military, and at least this place had heat and hot water. There were comforters for the beds as well, and other than the pervasive odor, it was fairly clean. Good Points: 1. Awesome place to eat and store right around the corner. 2. Right at the nexus of several bus lines. 3. Two bars on the next street over. 4. Ten Euros gets you to Trastevere, the party district on the weekends. 5. There's a really nice Filipino girl named Carla at the Bisteccaria that speaks English and is very helpful. 6. It's really inexpensive to stay there. Use your best judgement. Silvio was nice both times we met him, but was always too busy to give any aid. Not his responsibility, but it would've been helpful if he took the...