the AirBnB is located in the best location I could hope for. it is almost equidistant from the Pantheon, the Colosseum, and the Vatican. It is on a quiet street which juxtaposes to several restaurants that are almost exclusively for the locals. several small supermarkets are easily within less than a ten minute walk. The apartment itself is a small studio walkup located on the second floor. The bathroom and kitchen seem relatively new. The kitchen is the single smallest kitchen I have ever seen, I had to stand outside of it in order to have room to open the lower cupboards, but for us it was more than sufficient (we only ate breakfast). We had a small electric stove a mini fridge, a toaster and a sink. possible a coffee machine might be nice for some but if you ask me you need to be crazy to make coffee at home instead of ordering it at a local café - italian coffee is both cheap and amazing! Our host was very helpful in arranging a taxi for us to the airport - it came out cheaper than any alternative we looked at (beware, public transportation doesn't always work at night). he was also very responsive, usually under an hour to get back to me.
Really there are only 2 large problems with the stay:
1) The mattress and sofa are quite worn, so if you are a picky sleeper you might not love the bed - it is usable but we did end up missing our bed at home.
2) the air conditioning. The apartment is described as coming with air conditioning. in reality it comes with a portable air conditioner and no attachment for the window. that means that the exhaust which takes away the hot air from the ac had to be placed in a 1.5 meter (5') tall opened window which meant that more hot air entered the apartment then the machine could pump out! I have no issue with using a portable air conditioning, but if they do use it they need to install an exhaust port in the window or wall which allows you to close the window from the weather and actually cool the apartment. insulating the exhaust so that heat doesn't escape would also be a good idea. During our stay there was a heatwave in Rome with temperatures reaching 35+ degrees Celsius ( 95+F) and the apartment wouldn't be cooled under 30C (86F). I don't think that is good enough for a listing that claims to come with A/C
if they host ever fixes those two things, I would be more than happy to book again. I might do it anyway, just not in the summer.