Our stay at Raffa and Luca's apartment was good from the beginning. Accommodating of our early check in, offered lots of helpful advice about where to eat, shop, drink etc. and were very helpful when we had a strange interaction with a 'local'.
The apartment could not be located in a better spot - the cathedral/duomo is just at the end of the street, close to bars, close to many of the historic attractions in Florence, less than 10 minutes walk to SMN Train Station and only took us 15-20 minutes to get to Ponte Vecchio in this very walkable city.
The air conditioning in all the bedrooms and living areas was a blessing on 30+ degree days and it was very handy having a washing machine for our long trip away. Great place and will be looking for it if we are in Florence again.