Vera's place was a fair walk from the city centre although 10min walk from the main train station. It can be quite tiring to walk back from the main area back to her place after a whole day of walking around. Transport in Florence ends quite early in the night and it was quite a walk to get back to her place. Otherwise, the area appears to be quite safe.
The view in the picture were as depicted but I will not call them panoramic views. It was summer and the sun was quite bright so the shades were drawn almost all the time when I was there so I did not see much at all. There isn't really a spectacular view, I was expecting more to be honest.
There were additional house rules listed when I arrived. They were not much of a problem but the shower before 11pm was a little hard to get to (I was at Piazzale Michelangelo watching the sunset, by the time I got back to Vera's place, I was bordering on meeting the timeline). There also appears to not to have hot water heating during my stay.
The stay was simple and basic.