Listing is mostly accurate. Of the apartment itself, it was perfectly livable for a month's stay. Bedroom is large. Bed mattresses are quite firm, which was OK for us, but be forewarned they are not plush like American mattresses. Kitchen is stocked w/ full array of basic dishes, utensils, pans... we had no problems making our own meals. Listing describes bathroom as large... depends on how you define 'large'. Bathroom is adequate, but bathtub is on the narrow side so place feet carefully while taking standing showers. No air conditioning, but actually it never got really hot inside, despite the July summer heat outside. We barely used the two small fans in the apartment.

The area around the apartment is nice and residential w/ lots of families. Very safe. Gelato place directly downstairs from the apartment building is a nice convenient treat. Very good gelato and really friendly shop keepers. Around the corner, on the way to the nearest bus stop, there's a large electronics store. Small grocery store is a block and a half away (don't shop there on Mondays because most of the store's stock will not yet have been replenished after the weekend).

If you stay in the apartment during the day, you will find out there is a pre-school or daycare center right across from the back balcony. It can get a little noisy because of the crying and playing kids. At night, it stays kind of noisy until past midnight, because the gelato place is open until midnight, and Italian families are not early sleepers. The occasional moped / scooter with loud exhausts are also annoying but that's kind of unavoidable in any European city. Oh, and be prepared for mosquitoes. I was bitten over a dozen times my first night because my girlfriend left the bedroom window open. Open the windows in the kitchen and bathroom instead, as they have screens. Also buy a plugin mosquito repellant device. They work wonders. The rest of my stay was happily bite free.

Location is further from center than listing says. More like 14 minutes to the Duomo by bus 14, including short walks from bus stops. A straight walk w/o taking the bus is more like 30 mins.

I never met the host, Marianna. It was actually Marianna's father who opened up the apartment and handed the keys to my girlfriend. She met Marianna only once and briefly when she needed help understanding how to use the laundry machine. Marianna was easily reachable by texts, however, and check in and check out were very easy.

Overall, it was a good place to stay and it's good value for the money.