Rene was a super nice and hospitable guy. However, there were an array of issues and inaccuracies in the description. Firstly, the WIFI known as 'linksys' was deplorable. For example one evening while attempting to enrich our Italian experience by downloading 'The great beauty' - Paolo Sorrentino, linksys falsely claimed to be 3-4 bars. Think again linksy. The meagre speckles of available wifi caused chaos. The already 2 and a half hour movie took 6 hours, constantly buffering and often cutting out completely. Additionally, there were issues with the bathrooms which smelt like rotten pipes. The shower was also a tad weak. The towels which were supposedly cleaned and replenished daily smelt a little too similar to body odour. Besides the odours, the apartment was quite grand with high ceilings and spacious rooms, but unfortunately one of the loudest residential streets in Rome due to the fact that the buildings facade is under construction. While desperately trying to fall asleep each night my boyfriend and I concluded that outside sounded like cars being dropped off the roof into a large mechanical blender while rubbish trucks were having fun doing laps of the street. We shut the window, this did not help (but neither did the incessant amounts of caffeinated coca-cola we consumed nightly, not Rene's fault.) Furthermore the fridge which was in our room reset everyday to a freezer setting, leaving our breakfast meats and cheeses frozen everyday. In response we placed the cheese in the communal fridge which didn't solve the problem as the cheese eventually was stolen by another guest (again not Rene's fault).
Lastly, while Rene gave us some great local knowledge about how to skip the queues at major tourist sites, he falsely claimed that 'Fassi' was the best gelato in Rome. Whilst I respect his opinion, he was very wrong. The best gelato in Rome will always be GIOLITTI. Giolitti til I die.