This is undoubtedly a lovely place and the local host Daniela was lovely.

HOWEVER the drama began just as me and my friend were at the airport waiting for our flight home. We got a message claiming that since we had disturbed more than one bed there had clearly been five of us in the flat and we were now required to pay an extra EUR81 to the host!

Let me explain: Before we travelled, we let the host know that we were two friends coming to Rome for a sight seeing trip. My friend and I had looked at several places but wanted to have two separate bedrooms - which was why we ended up booking this one.

While the bedrooms aren't separated by doors, we didn't mind and he slept in the master double while I chose the single bed over the less comfortable looking sofa bed.

On the second night there we decided to stay in for the evening, cook a meal and watch a film on my iPad - since there's no couch table in the living room and we wanted to chat while I was cooking, he ended up lounging on top of the bedspread on the sofa bed, which was where we also ended up watching the movie before going to bed.

The next day we cleaned the flat, even did the dishes and everything to save the cleaner some hassle. They were supposed to be there at 10am but when nobody had arrived 20 minutes later we decided to head out and leave the keys as we had agreed with Daniela when we got the place.

Now Daniela had met us and as I said, we didn't even slip under the covers of the third bed. And yet Sara had the audacity to not only claim we had an extra person with it (three beds, three people maybe?) but said there were obviously FIVE of us.

It seemed very much like a con and I would recommend to stay away from this host. The beautiful place is not worth the hassle afterwards.
When I explained why the beds were disturbed, there was no apology, instead she escalated the situation to AirBnB. Luckily, they agreed there was no evidence and awarded us $100 in vouchers for the stress it caused us. If you read this, consider yourself warned.