First of all, Trastevere is a unique and wonderful location. The restaurants are great, the cafes wonderful, and the neighborhood is full of personality and architectural riches. The company that met us at the airport and drove us to Trastevere was recommended by Amanda and was great.
However, Amanda's apartment is not a place I would ever stay in again or recommend. The apartment is located directly above nightly confusion - young people coming to drink, sing ,yell, and chant and be as loud as possible until 3 a.m. followed by the garbage and glass pick up at 4, followed by the street cleaners. The windows and shutters provide no sound barrier to the nightly crowd. Thank God for the street cleaners because the crowd leaves an unbelievable mess that must be cleaned before the day starts. In other words. sleep is next to impossible. You might grab and hour or two here and there, but that's it.
The apartment itself is lacking, it needs a lot of attention to upgrade it to where it would be worth staying in. Lights don't work in most rooms, the outlets are barely hanging on, and I wonder about the electrical safety in such an old building. One bathroom, the one attached to one of the bedrooms, is fine. The other bathroom in the hall is smelly, and full of small insects and mold in the tiny shower. This bathroom needs to be totally redone. We were there for two weeks and never offered someone to come and clean and give us fresh towels and bedding, which I believe is normal procedure for a longer stay. The third bedroom is tiny and bed is in an awkward spot - hardly room to turn around.
There are about 15 very steep stairs going from the entrance up to the entrance to the apartment. They are steep and are a challenge for anyone, but for one carrying suitcases or groceries , they are dangerous to walk up.
The saving grace to the experience was Matteo, the representative of Amanda who helped us whenever we called for assistance. In addition he personally helped us move our luggage in an out. Since taxis are not allowed to drive close to the apartment, Matteo personally walked us the 3 blocks (over cobblestone)to the apartment, hauling our luggage behind him and carrying it up the steep stairs to the apartment. He helped again when we moved out. He tried to assist ridding us of the smell in the bathroom, but to no avail. A different representative of Amanda stopped by to check and declared there was no smell, yet everyone else who entered the apartment noted it and commented on it.
I felt we got no support from Amanda - not even a response to requests I made to her regarding the condition of the apartment.
Again, Trastevere is a wonderful and beautiful part of Rome, but there are other apartments there which are located away from the noise. If I wanted to book those, I would carefully question the owner to make sure, it was in a quiet location and in good condition before booking.