STAY AWAY FROM THIS PLACE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
We had a terrible experience staying here in Florence. In short, everyone in our family got sick living here.
Firstly, the google maps will take you to a different location, you really need the host to come pick you up. because of the google maps fiasco, we were about 7 minutes late. The host did not respond to our calls or texts for the next 15 minutes and finally showed up 30 minutes later. He then made us feel guilty for being 7-minutes late and charged us for the late fee.
The listing claims 1.5 bathrooms, which was quite important to us considering it was the 4 of us staying. The next day morning we found out that the 2nd bathroom is non existent. The flush was broken, so can't use it. The sink had no water. More than that, it had moss and mildew. The smell of which quickly spread throughout the apartment. When we contacted the host about it, they were really slow in responding and finally suggested we stay home while they send their handyman to look at it. This kind of stuff is not guests responsibility to fix and use their precious vacation time to wait for their handyman at home. It should have been done while the apartment was being prepared for us.
The mildew eventually caused all of us cold and cough, and pretty much ruined our trip.
The house has non-existent lighting in the bedrooms. when asked during check-in, he suggested we move their heavy duty lamps around the house to deal with it.
They provided a coffee machine, but there was no coffee or tea to use it.
The location is definitely a charm but unless they fix the 2nd bathroom and remove the mildew from house, please don't spoil your vacation by staying here.
Overall, it was a terrible experience and costed us several doctor visits and many sick days of our vacation time.