Anna Maria and her family met us to show us around the place when we arrived. Her husband helped us carry our bags and they gave us a tour of the place and had some good advice about places to go eat. They were very friendly and had good suggestions. And they had the baby cot/pack and play set up along with a high chair so we were very welcomed with our 11 month old son.
The place seems to be very newly renovated inside the apartment. It has a sitting room with a comfortable couch and a small balcony. The windows have shutters on them that you need to open or else it can be quite dark. The place has a large kitchen with enough pots and pans to cook dinner and enough plates for a family to use. We cooked in a couple of nights and were able to make some nice dinners. There are a couple of small grocery stores withing walking distance.
The elevator is typical to Europe in that it would just barely fit one person and a stroller, and there were a few stairs to get to it.
We really appreciated having the ability to do laundry and the were able to easily have our clothes dried in the morning as the morning sun faces the clothes line.
We did have a car for a few days and were always able to find free parking on the street without searching. Which was nice as it always looked like there wasn't any parking available when walking but in the end there was really always 1 or 2 spots within a couple blocks of the place.
We slept very well on the firm bed as it was a quiet location but easy to transit to or drive to anywhere in Catania that you wanted to go.