We were checked in by Luca's mother and a man we supposed was his father. They kindly allowed us to check in early. Luca's apartment was clean, comfortable, and very safe. There were armed guards outside protecting something next door. The bed was comfortable and the TV had some English channels. It overlooked the Roman Forum, however, it was located at the EXIT of the Forum. In order to get to the entrance (or anything else for that matter), one must walk all the way around the Forum. The location was a small inconvenience though. There were two restaurants pretty close by but everything else was residential. It had a well-equipped kitchen, a washing machine, and outlet converters. While we were able to wash our clothes, we could not get them to dry even with hanging them all up for two days, closing the windows and turning on the air conditioning. There was an oscillating fan in the apartment, which I assume was supposed to help dry the clothes, but sadly it did not work. I'm not sure why this happened because we hang our clothes up to dry at home in sunny humid Florida and they dry overnight! Just beware. Also, be prepared for a 5 to 7-minute hot shower. The hot water runs out VERY quickly. Luca did not communicate as quickly with us as our other Italian hosts did. In fact, on the last day of our stay, we asked him some questions via text message and he never responded. This is mostly why we have given the listing 4 stars. We stayed in Italy for 10 days and found that having prompt helpful hosts was imperative while traveling in a foreign country we had never been to and where we didn't speak the language.