Despite our late arrival time around midnight Vito insisted to pick us up from the airport. He did not speak english that well, but his enthousiasm, friendliness and hospitality made him a great host!
On arrival at the appartment there were books and maps printed out which saved us a trip to the tourist information. Also Vito quickly explained how everything worked, where we could go to see some of the Bari culture and if we had questions to call him.
The appartment was as shown on the pictures and provided with the mentioned services. The services provided, for example, airco, washing machine, internet all worked really good. Unfortunately we had some troubles with the shower, but after a few days Vito came to repair it. We also had some problems with the toilet which didn't flush sometimes. We had to use a basin to flush the toilet. Luckily we had a really friendly neighbor who helped us fix it and is (we think) a close friend to Vito. However, the fix was temporary and it went on and off. Together with the constant noise from the pipelines this was kind of a letdown, but with some music or tv and closing the doors everything is fine.
Furthermore when everything is closed you won't hear any noise from the streets or backyard neighbors, so although the location is in the center we had a good night's rest while we were there. Everything is in walking distance (e.g. supermarket, beach, restaurants, subway, bus) which is nice.
Overall, we had a really great time in Bari. There were lots of thing to explore on foot or by bus and together with the great hospitality of Vito we are definitely thinking about coming back to Italy.