We had a lovely 5 day stay in Rome and this apartment. The location was very good, a little away from the centre but worth it as it was nice and quiet and good to return to after a day's sightseeing. The Apartment was lovely just what we expected. The games machine was a particular hit with my husband and 9 year old son. The Apartment was very clean and tidy when we arrived and Alessandro was very welcoming.
We walked to the Collosseum from the Apartment (using Allessandro's directions) which gives you an idea of how far it was from the centre - it took no more than 30 minutes at a fairly slow pace and with a 9 year old in tow!
The bathroom was lovely, but do be careful to put a mat down by the side of the bath as the water from the shower does tend to spray over the side of the bath and the floor can get slippery. Once we figured this out it was fine. It was handy to have a washing machine available as we did end up having to wash a few items to tide us over.
One small tip - on our first evening we ate nearby at a restaurant (sorry can't remember the name) that offered 'excellent steaks'. You'll know the place as there was a window at the front stacked full of steaks ready to cook and it faces a rather ugly car park. We paid around 80 euros for our two steaks, a pizza and two soft drinks and a glass of red wine. The wine was excellent but we've had far better steak and at a far better price elsewhere. There were no side dishes included in that price. Our son couldn't stomach the pizza as the ingredients sat on the base in a soup like consistency a bit like a plate of vomit really. When we asked if the pizza should look like this we were told it was because it was organic. Whilst we were eating one of the staff was spraying the outside windows with chemical window cleaner and you could see the spray falling on the tables below it where people were going to eat later - on the cutlery and the plates etc. We definitely wouldn't go back and it was a disappointing start to our trip. I just wish we could remember the name of the place! They also insisted that we sit outside which faced a neglected looking car park, which again wasn't the best start to our trip. We did eat at the Sardinian restaurant a few doors up on the right from the Apartment and it was very good. The decor is a bit on the bright side (yellow) and the staff aren't the friendliest but the food was decent Sardinian grub.
Our first night in the Apartment was disappointing. We had decided to make it an early night so that we could get up early and sight see the next day. Probably around 11pm the apartment next door started playing loud club music. At first we decided to ignore it and hoped that it would stop but unfortunately it didn't. It actually went on for a lot longer and got a lot louder and more aggressive. Eventually, we had to contact our hosts and explain that if the music didn't stop we'd have to get a hotel room - yes it was really that loud! Alessandro and her brother did deal with the matter swiftly in their defence and we had no issues with noise for the rest of the time we were there. However, it did mean that we all felt a little jaded the next morning and were worried it might happen again the next evening, but we want to stress that it didn't and that it was dealt with swiftly. However, we did feel it might have been a thoughtful gesture for our hosts to waive the daily tax fee at the end of our stay to recompense us for that one very disturbing night but this didn't happen which was a little disappointing as it would have gone a long way to making us feel a lot better about it.
Taking all the above into account it was a lovely stay in Rome and I would recommend the apartment especially to families who want a little quiet at the end of a long day of sight seeing.