The design loft of Gianluca served all the needs for me and my family (daughter aged 14). We spent a few days between xmas and new year, the loft was always warm, Gianluca was a great help when our daughter got the flu ...
The hood around may be a bit noisy but we def loved to stay in an area of common italian people, to have a little distance from the tourist trails. Yet you have perfect possibilities to reach anything with public transport... might be anyoing to catch the bus 492 back home;)
Don't go out inside the city wall. There are so many nice restaurants and bars just around the loft - don't forget reservation for "il grano" ... higly frequented pizzeria. So for the next time we have done all the must sees in rome and we'll do dolce fa niente ... would be great to get this host again.