We arrived and Andrea couldn't greet us personally but we were able to easily pick up the house keys from the restaurant owner across the street. The neighborhood felt safe, the location is secure with a double lock entry, the apartment space was great and literally around the corner from the colosseum and the train station if you weren't going to rely on the taxi. We loved that there was a lift (elevator) and didn't have to lug things up a ton of stairs. The space was clean and gave 2 people a lot of room with a living room for our suitcases, bedroom, bathroom and small kitchen. It was also very quiet which I was happy about! Did I mention that it had AC? That helped a lot because it was so hot. The fridge had a bottle of cold water and wine which we didn't know if it was for us to drink so we didn't open it lol. There are a lot of charging spaces for your electronics. The only thing that I would suggest is to see if the drainage for the shower could be better. I know with the city being older the plumbing tends to be the same, the tub would fill up with water while showering. Plus side is that the hot water didn't run out!
We had our first meal at the restaurant across the street which was amazing and there are a ton of shops around if you want coffee, food, drinks, gelato or a connivence store. There's also a bank across the street so it made it easy for us to take out cash when we needed. It took us about 15 minutes in a taxi to go to other areas of the city that had more attractions, shopping and eateries. We didn't use the train while we were there which I think would of saved us some money. We enjoyed our stay in Andrea's place and think it would be the great when you visit Rome!