We booked this place because it looked unique (interesting exposed brick, stairway, and space and because of it's proximity to the train station. The location is accurate and that is probably it's best feature. It was so disappointing after so many other great Airbnb experiences and stays in Italy (and around the world) and the description and photos were not at all what we experienced.
The pictures look far bigger, brighter and cleaner than it actually was:
If you are over 5'9", your head will hit the ceiling upstairs because it is very low ceiling.
There is only one real bathroom with shower, the other is a toilet, bidet and sink off the basement bedroom with a 5 ft. door opening (in the pic you can't really see that there is a step up and reduced opening).
The WI-FI DOES NOT WORK - the router needs to be reset (or replaced) but we were told it was in Barbara's other house and she wasn't there so they couldn't re-set and they'd get back to us with a solution, but never called. Almost every review says this, but we had hoped it would be fixed, but it wasn't. It wasn't and isn't likely a provider problem either. We didn't have great cellular reception either, causing issues for retrieving airport docs, email, etc.
There is one a/c unit and it doesn't cool the upstairs bedroom AT ALL. The main living space becomes ok , but the bathroom and kitchen areas are quite warm (well over 25 c/77f even with air on max). Perhaps if someone had come even 30 minutes before we arrived go turn on a/c or provided some fans it would have been more comfortable.
The "musty" smell in the basement is because of a mold problem that is evident throughout the apartment. The walls that are freshly painted are to cover up the mold. There was even a bottle of "antimuffa" (mold) spray we found that had mold actually growing on it. The only upside to the basement bedroom is that it's cool for sleeping.
TV also is just for display-no cable or internet, so couldn't use.
We have no problems being greeted by a rental management company, but they were 30 minutes late and didn't even phone us to tell us they were running late until we called to find out where they were.