Simona was a great host - very responsive to email, providing building access info ahead of time, and checked in on us a couple of times during our stay. The apartment itself was very clean and organized, just as in the photos. There were some repairs that had to be made while we were there, which was fine but my husband doesn't speak Italian which made for an interesting interaction since I wasn't there :D. Additionally, the street has changed since I lived in Rome in 2007 and was very noisy at night until about 3 am and then you can hear the cleaning trucks. The windows are at least triple paned, which helped as did the shutters, to reduce the noise but I might have chosen a quieter street (NOT Simona's or the apartment's fault) because we had our daughters with us (6 and 8) and it was a little hard for them to fall asleep. If you don't mind the noise or don't have small kids then I would 1000% recommend staying at Simona's apartment!