Long story short - I didn’t like this place at all. I booked it for one month, but I left after only a few nights.
Here’s why:
1. I booked for a month in June. It was extremely hot and there is no air conditioning. The host clearly indicated online that there was no air conditioning, but I unfortunately didn’t notice it. That was my mistake.
I was told by the host that the fans placed in every room would make everything ok, but they didn’t. They simply blew around the hot air that was present in the apartment. One of the fans actually has a digital thermometer to indicate the temperature. It was 32 degrees in the apartment, and one day, after turning every fan on, that thermometer actually increased to 33.
You might think that I could just open the windows and shutters. I did indeed open the windows, but not the shutters, because pigeons like to hang out on the ledge outside and they can easily fly inside if they want. For this reason, there is a note by the door on the wall that says “please always close the shutters when you leave the apartment”, but really what is stopping them from entering even with someone present in the apartment?
For this reason, I recommend you don’t book this place in June, July, or August. I don’t even know if September is cool enough.
2. in the mornings, when I wanted to shower or use the bidet, the water came out dirty. It had yellow / brown in it. I had to let it run for a while before it cleared up so that I could shower or do whatever. But even after it cleared, I refused to drink it. There is evidence of this unclear water at the bottom of the white shower curtain - it is stained brown.
3. This isn’t really a huge deal, but to take out the garbage, you have to walk about three blocks away. It seems like three little dumpsters are being used by about 6 buildings.
4. Communication with the host was fast and easy, but that doesn’t mean it went well. After realising that I could not possibly stay in this apartment for the whole month, I wrote to the host to talk about my problems. I offered to let them keep a huge amount of the payment (a lot more than one would normally pay for the short amount of time I had already stayed), but I needed a partial refund in order to find a new place in Rome.
The host refused to negotiate. They wouldn’t give me a single cent back. They told me that “This is how the apartment is and this is how Rome is” and also “heat is a subjective matter and doesn’t depend on us in any way”.
I had no choice but to lose all the money I had paid (the most expensive Airbnb I have ever booked for a month) and I moved to a much better place far away from this one. I enjoyed the rest of my days in Rome very much because I didn’t set foot in this place or on this street again until it was time to come back and spend 30 minutes just taking out the garbage a few streets down.
Lastly, I apologise again for breaking a small lamp by the bed with the pillow that fell to the floor in the night.