We absolutely loved Fabrizio's place! It is very central: 5 minutes from the Duomo, 10 from the station and Mercato Centrale just around the corner for tasty food served quickly from 8 till midnight! The place is spacious, tastefully decorated, cool and shady (great when it is sultry outside!), and the bed is very comfortable! Fabrizio organised for a friend of his to pick us up at the station to lead us to his place and check us in, which was great, and cherry on the cake: Fabrizio later dropped in in person to give us a gift of a bottle of wine! There are also plenty guides in various languages on Florence and Italy to browse at the apartment. The washing machine was super handy given that we had a load of hiking gear to wash from our walking holiday in the Cinque Terre the previous week. There is also an iron and a board to make clothes presentable again after a trip!
We had read the reviews left by previous hosts so we knew that the street, around the corner from the central market, would be noisy early in the morning so we had earplugs with us: problem solved! Otherwise the apartment was very quiet, we never heard our neighbours. The bijou bathroom was absolutely no bother and rather ingeniously designed, given the space! And we both snugged into the micro lift which, saving us the climb up the stairs, was a mercy at the end of a long day.
We only mention this in response to the other reviews: since we knew what to expect, we came prepared. We would happily stay at Fabrizio's again: his place is really unique and he is a fantastic thoughtful host!