So glad we booked and stayed at Alain, Irene and friends place for our Firenze part of our holiday! Traveling with young 2 kids comes with a bigger check list and it ticked all the boxes for us from high chair, cot, washing machine, enough room to play etc. Location was awesome, so central...not many other places you can walk out to private courtyard with an up close view of the Duomo!! An easy 5-10 min walk to the train station but I would suggest to get a taxi when arriving/departing with luggage, only 10euro from memory and worth it than struggling with luggage and kids!! Quick walk up the street to supermarket and good cafes, also a few houses up going left is bank with atm which was handy.
Main bedroom has air con unit which was nice in the hot weather and the main bedroom is huge...even with heavenly cherub sculptures up on the high walls. Rest of place isn't air conditioned but was fine even in the hot weather we had, cool tiles underfoot and windows cools it down. Comfy beds, clean, great pillows. Bathroom is nice and functional. The shower is on the smaller size but from our other travel experience it's a normal size for Europe, my husband is 6ft4" and he struggled a little but wasn't a negative to staying at place. Felt safe and secure. Quiet at night and through the day when we were there. Wifi is also great, worked well face timing.
Big thank you to Jessica who met us and checked us in. Jessica was very informative and full of advice, also gave us a map and marked down all the necessary places we needed to know about like shops, good restaurants, transport etc. that surrounded us, which we referred to on a daily!
For Firenze: not so cheap compared to other places we have traveled in Italy but expected in such a tourist Mecca. Hop on hop off buses are worth it if you are pressed with time and can't walk everywhere (we had 2 young kids so it was much more easier and quicker for us)-buy tickets and bus stop is at train station. If you want to go into Duomo def book ahead! The line most days we saw wrapped around the whole Duomo!
Grazie!!