I stayed for about a month for school, the location is perfect, not exactly where all the tourist spots are but that was walkable and otherwise gave you a glimpse into local life. Patrizio's place was great, it was clean and even better than the photos. The only thing is that the hot water wasn't working? Given it was very hot in florence in June, however, it wasn't a big deal and didn't find any reason to complain. Patrizio was very helpful, even picked me up from the airport and tried to help me when my italian sim card wouldn't work. Overall a great experience.