We came to Florence for 3 nights and decided to try out Airbnb for our trip. We've never used the service before and the reviews helped us find Pierpaolo's apartment. His neighbour Jun met us in the afternoon and helped us to find the apartment and got us oriented. The apartment now has air conditioning and wifi which was wonderful because it was HOT outside and we forgot to research restaurants!!

The apartment was on an 'ok' street, I wouldn't call it sketchy at all but then I'm used to living in cities. There are bins on the street nearby which make it look bad but the street was fine, there's a wine shop and an electronics shop across the road and a great coffee and pasty shop on the corner. It's located only about a 90second walk from the Ponte Vecchio bridge. Excellent location.

The apartment was very clean and bright. Pierpaolo has great taste in Ikea furniture. Everything in the apartment works and is fine. The hallways sometimes smelled of food but this is often a good thing :-)

One thing to note is that to turn on the water heater you just flick the right-hand switch under it (it's on the wall in the kitchen) and turn it off when you're done.

We met our host on our last day. Pierpaolo is very nice and friendly, definitely the kind of host you want for a place like this, attentive if you want him to be but he will leave you alone to enjoy the space.

We had a great stay in Florence and would definitely go back.