The apartment is rustic, but very charming and spacious, nicely decorated with art, antique furniture and other pieces. Nice collection of art books. The location is superb! Very close to everything, but located on a quiet side street. The place was also sparkling clean. There is a decent supermarket 10 min away. Wi-Fi was decent.
Having said that we unfortunately didn’t have a good experience. Actually one of the worst with Airbnb.
First of all driving to Florence center was a nightmare. Our GPS or Google maps didn’t recognize one-way streets or “pedestrian only” streets. Lots of construction around which also is not recognized by GPS. The whole center of Florence is “limited traffic zone”. When you drive through it you get fined. The owners suggested meeting us in a certain place and showing us how to get to the garage, but then they canceled the last moment and sent their friend to meet us at the garage.
Somehow we found the way, but drove through several LTZ signs and as well on one-way streets in opposite direction. We almost drove through a pedestrian zone following GPS, but policemen stopped us. Fortunately the garage told us they could dismiss the LTZ ticket for a small fee. We will see if it works.
To make our point, think twice before you drive in Florence. Also perhaps the owners could’ve given us better advice, directions.
When we arrived to the apartment, it was cold. We contacted the owners and they send their friend the next day to check the heating system. He told us that he set it up, but it didn’t get warmer later that day. Moreover there was no hot water. The owner came a day later and fixed it. He was apologetic and offered to buy us dinner, which was nice, but couldn’t really change our experience.
Basically we were freezing for 2 and half days, with no hot water for almost 2 days.
There were some other issues. The gas-stove burners didn’t ignite, as the stove is old. Some bulbs needed to be replaced. Garbage area is far.
To conclude, we understand that things can break and something unexpected can happen, just beware of these issues.