Tommaso is a very accommodating host. He met us on arrival and carried my heavy suitcase up the beautiful, grand staircase to his apartment. His apartment is very centrally located, a short walk to the Duomo, the Ponte Vecchio and the Uffizi. It is modern, clean and comfortable with plenty of natural light. The two bathrooms were a luxury, and we were able to use the second as a dressing room/suitcase room, since the master bedroom is quite small.
Tomaso directed us to an excellent trattoria on the corner of his street, which has a fixed price lunch menu that was the best value of any we had in Italy. He also told us about a lovely bakery in the next street, and a number of other restaurants in the neighbourhood, and those we tried were very good.
There was a good bar a couple of blocks towards the centro that served great coffee and good panini. The only drawback is the nightlife - this is a lively street after dark..until dawn. The master bedroom is fine and quite soundproof if you close the skylight and the door and switch on the AC for air. Anyone sleeping on the sofa bed downstairs will need industrial strength earplugs.