Gianfranco's apartment is lovely. It's light, spacious, elevated and comfortable, and it's in a grest location. We really enjoyed the local atmosphere and were glad not to be staying in the hyper-touristic centre of Florence. It was easy to walk to the centre though, and we would get the bus back which was also easy.
We didn't meet Gianfranco but his friend Angela checked us in and she was great.
We had trouble contacting Gianfranco about an issue we had with the power but fortunately Angela was eventually able to sort it out.
Overall we really enjoyed our stay at the apartment.