Pros: cozy, great heating + shower pressure, next to Colosseum.
The only accident I made: there are two A4 pages with instructions for the stay covered partially by a plastic. Simple print, black and white. I dropped coffee in the morning. I guess there is no mission impossible to print two pages again..
The rest:
If you consider taking the master bedroom, I'd rcommend only if you're not a light sleeper as you'll experience a lot of noise.
A garbage truck that came every morning at 5am for 5 nights. If not that truck there is a mini super market in front of the apartment - which makes it handy for you - but every morning there is also a truck load for their supplies. Still, there is a restaurant with great food just at the same side of the apartment in the street that makes a lot of noise with their cleaning with bottles and trash. I mentioned to Barbara that I knew the noise was not her fault and suggested to inform the guests ahead of time, so the light sleepers have the chance to decide. You just got to align your expectations with this information ahead of time. I didn't inform on the first night because a noise outside could be occasional for one of two nights, but it continued.
There is enough kitchenware EXCEPT for a cutting knife. There are those small fruit knifes that are an absolute nightmare to slice a big and good crispy Italian bread loaf, which you can buy at the market in front of the apartment.
The bathroom is next to the kitchen and the balcony. So you have curtains that hide from the kitchen but those are stuck on the wall by a glue, which seemed to be old as it fell down three times. I mention this to Barbara she mentioned I can just put it back. Once or twice is ok, so I just rolled it and kept it aside as it continued. So there was lack of privacy as people in the kitchen could see you. Regardless of this curtain (which shouldn't fall) there is no curtain covering the back of the bathroom, so there is a part that people on the floor above or beyond can see you naked depending where you are.
Still in the bathroom. The shower curtain is too long, so either you keep it outside the shower area whhich will cause a flood, or you keep it inside having to monitor if the curtain doesn't block the drain otherwise you will be inside a pool very shortly.
Internet speed was bad. It took me one hour to still not be able to install an app in my laptop which took me 5 minutes in a café I used their wifi later. And my needs at her place were mostly to watch Netflix before sleep, which was cutting during every time (I didn't even mention that to Barbara as it was not a big deal for me, but could be for you).
Next. There're four chairs for the dining table, and it is visible that they've probably been restored a few times. I used the chair once day, to grab breakfast in the morning coming back late at night and eating out for the rest of the day. On the 2nd day I sat down for breakfast and a piece of the wood broke (I am slim and cautious). For Barbara's sake nothing else happened, it could've hurt me. I have videos of the other chairs which proves that they have been painted over many times, there are scrolls missing and loosen clapboards.
Last but but not least, we agreed someone would come for the check out, I wanted to personally show the items. All of sudden nobody came. I closed the two small garbage bags in the kitchen. There was no dirty dishes. Dirty towels and normal cleaning after check out to be done. Barbara said I left in bad conditions which is not true. Looks like she didn't want to do even the basics which were paid for separately as cleaning fee. I guess the two old black and white pages with instructions were the big deal from my end, which I dropped coffee.
I came for a business purpose to Italy and just asked Barbara to speak with my lawyer as she needed a document from the stay and my lawyer was able to explain better in Italian, as it is a very specific topic. Barbara insisted she could not help without even quickly speaking to my lawyer. Fair enough, it is not her duty to help with a favor so I dropped. Barbara started saying that I brought my suggestions (for her complaints) thinking I was upset with her, which was never the occasion. On the first day I mentioned the apartment is great but never mentioned it was perfect and started reporting some points to her, for her and her future guests sake. Her lack of wil to take ownership is what made the stay a bit frustrating.
So, no, I do not recommend this stay because although the host is prompt to reply, she is far from offering a warm and helpful customer service. Considering you work with tourism and hospitality, those are the basics.