Giuliano does not run the business. (it was his mother)
Unfortunately our stay wasn't as we expected. The place is far from the city, carrying around your luggage from airport to metro/taxi then to their place when there is 36 degrees out there is not a good combination. At Giuliano's we were friendly welcomed by Giuliano's younger brother and his mother Diana was inside the basement apartment. The young fella offered us espresso and gave us directions for places to eat, very friendly guy unfortunately he left that day and communication with his mother was almost impossible. His mother does not speak English. The house is as the photos, except that there was no air-conditioning, we asked for a fan and there was none. We were told by her, to keep patio doors closed because place was flooded with mosquitos (we did got bitten by mosquitos!!!). Bedroom was like an oven all day and night. As a result we woke up every morning with headaches (lack of ventilation and the heat). We were told by her NOT to lock our room and NOT to take the key with us. We had to go through the living room and kitchen to go to the toilets/shower. Same thing to go outside you had to pass two other doors to go upstairs in order to get out the apartment. Giuliano's mother and her husband live there, She was most of the time there, cooking or watching Tv on her nighties in the living room. After our long day trips to the city we had to take the metro to go back there, metro line wasn't working in the evenings so we had to pass the next stop and walk all the way back. We felt confined to our bedroom. Breakfast was offered in the morning, an 'easy-single' cheese (alike) sandwich with white sliced bread 'Tesco like' and coffee/tea, biscuits and cake. We preferred to pay extra and buy a decent Italian brunch in the city. At the end we decided to leave a day early because the whole experience was unbearable. We requested a refund but it was refused. So we end up spending more money in accommodation during our trip to Rome because we had to book ourselves into a proper hotel in order to enjoy our holidays in a nice airy room with air conditioning and our own private bathroom. If you want to go cheap think twice... not worth it.