This is quite simply a wonderful apartment. The hosts have left drinks for you to enjoy upon your arrival and the interior is newly renovated and styled well. It is very clean, tidy and comfortable. There is under floor heating along with air con/heating. There are 2 bedrooms and so this is a very reasonable price in my view - especially in that it is just 10 mins walk from the train station. Location-wise it is in the heart of the old city of Locorotondo. The only drawback for me was that the cafe/bar was next door. From 10am-12am and on weekends 10am-2am there is loud music playing and the noise of people talking and mixing at the bar directly outside. For those that don't mind that noise, this is the perfect place to rent.
The manager is extremely accommodating and even tried to communicate to the bar to turn it down during the day which they did temporarily, but there is nothing more they can do as it's a place of business. Aleandro will do all he can to help - he picked me up from the train station, checked the apartment had everything I needed including car hire enquiries and even fetched my medicine for me when I'd left it behind!