We would've liked to give the flat a rating between 3 and 4 stars. Vito is lovely - very kind and helpful. He does everything in his power to make one's stay comfortable and comes around to help whenever there is a problem. He really goes beyond the call of duty. His house is a wonderful, characterful flat. Beautiful period furniture and large balconies. The place is spacious, with a good living room and two dining tables. There is a washing machine and a good kitchen with basics and extras (like tupperware if you want to make yourself packed lunch). In terms of location, we were very pleased with the area, which was safe and full of nice deli shops and supermarkets. Excellent focaccia, bread, hams, cheeses and fresh fruit and vegetable readily available. In terms of walking to the train station and to the city centre in the old town (which we did a lot), the walk was manageable but not short (20 minutes more or less, and we are fast walkers). One serious issue is that the showers don't work well. One shower is too far from the boiler and it is basically impossible to have a non-cold shower in it (theoretically one could wait 15 minutes for hot water and then follow a difficult procedure to lower the temperature to a non scorching one, but we tried many times and never managed). The other shower is closer to the boiler so gets hot water more easily but the temperature varies dramatically and continuously, and there are severe drainage problems so that water spills onto the floor and into the corridor. This meant that we ended up having cold showers every morning.. Not ideal! Apart from this issue, we were disappointed that the double bed is in fact two single beds pushed against each other. While there is no air conditioning, the flat remains surprisingly cool. Still, it doesn't remain quite as cool as one might wish unless one is willing to sleep with open windows (sound and light issues), so if you can't stand sleeping in the heat this flat might not be ideal in June-August. These issues aside, our stay was very pleasant, though still perhaps not enough to justify the cost entirely.