Angelo is an excellent host: warm, very friendly and extremely helpful. I couldn't fault the service he provided us, and is one of the best Airbnb hosts I've stayed with.
Angelo's house is a beautifully restored palazzo in the heart of La Vucciria, a colourful market area in the heart of Palermo's Centro Storico. The double bedrooms are spacious, with shuttered windows. The single room is smaller, and lacks shutters or even curtains on the window, so I tended to wake up as soon as the dawn sunlight filled the room. It wasn't so much of a problem during the week, but more problematic at weekends, as I will explain later.
The kitchen is well-equipped for 5 people, and it's easy to buy meat from the excellent butcher across the road. In the square nearby there are also people selling barbecued meat and fish, which we took home to eat one night.
The only downside of Angelo's house is that the whole area turns into disco on Friday and Saturday nights, and the streets are completely filled with young people dancing. It's a great area, but the pulsating, blaring music makes sleep very difficult. Reviews here tend to over accentuate noise at night, but this is was really problematic. Angelo kindly provides earplugs, but still we found sleep almost impossible until around 4am when the music finally stopped. He explained to us that the neighbours regularly complain to the police, but they do nothing, and the bars continue to play music.
I would heartily recommend Angelo's house during the week, but if you stay at the weekends, be prepared for extreme noise, or join the party.