Claudio answered all of my queries promptly. He was always available via Airbnb and also gave his phone number and his son's. Claudio and His son Ernesto speak very good english. Ernesto picked us up from Catania (for a reasonable fee). The apartment was clean and had most things for a weeks holiday. The apartment is on the first floor so you may get noise from above as it appears Sicilian apartments don't have carpets. The street view of the apartment looks in need of decoration/repair ( no worse than many others and appears to be typically Sicillian and is in a very old and quiet street ( house opposite built in 1829) with no traffic passing the front door. The sun shines on the balcony from about 9 and is a good place (big enough for two chairs) for coffee and watching the pedestrians pass by.