We stayed at Manuels in the end of August which is a super hot time of year. That being said it made for the perfect home base to explore Rome. His location was superb, blocks from 2 different metro stops, lots of the great Monti food and shops and most important to us, amazing air conditioning. My favorite thing about the location is no matter where you went when you left the apartment the colosseum was always looming in the distance, it was fantastic to just have that impressive reminder of where you were.
Onto the place itself, Manuel's place was extremely clean and well put together it had most of the amenities a traveler would like. The kitchen is pretty stocked with the basics, olive oil salt etc, and has a nice stove, oven, fridge, freezer as well as a microwave. I would have loved a toaster or coffee pot but hey there are worse things in the world than needing to go downstairs to a cafe for a quick breakfast.
The patio was absolutely lovely and private me and the wife spent a good amount of time sitting out there eating, drinking and just enjoying the chatter and hustle of the locals below us. Speaking of chatter and hustle, if you are a light sleeper and not on Roman time, ie going to bed before 11-12 there is the sounds of plates, and eating below. It is not loud or overly distracting but it is there, the shutters block out most of it, especially in the bedroom but in the living area it filters up.
Overall it was a great location, super clean well stocked, the hosts were very easy to get a hold of and very responsive I would highly highly recommend Manuels especially if you want to stay in the Monti District.