Our family of five spent a month at Chiara and Stefania's apartment. Chiara and Stefania are excellent hosts, and if you appreciate beautiful spaces, original artwork, and elegant furnishings, then you will enjoy this thoughtfully decorated apartment. We loved the apartment's proximity (a three minute walk) to the lovely large public park at Villa Strozzi, which has a fun playground for children, as well as walking and hiking trails with beautiful views.
The apartment is on a very busy street with a lot of fast-moving traffic, so you do have to be really aware and careful when crossing the street (especially with children).
This was a remote working holiday for us and we did have some challenges with the WiFi going out but Chiara and Stefania were prompt in getting us a new router/modem ASAP. Even so, we did find that the WiFi is fine if you are right next to the router, but if you go more than about 12 feet away from it (i.e. to the other end of the apartment) it is difficult to get online.
There is adequate street parking on a nearby side street, but sadly during our stay there was a rash of car break-ins on that street and in the surrounding neighborhood. Our car was damaged, but Chiara and Stefania went out of their way to personally help us get reports filed and make sure we had all the support we needed. We never felt unsafe walking in the neighborhood, even late at night, and we really believe this was just an unfortunate and isolated incident.
We would highly recommend Chiara and Stefania's apartment for a family or group looking to stay in a real Florentine neighborhood with excellent access to a lovely large park and easy travel by bus to the historic center. Everything you need (grocery store, pharmacy, etc.) is within walking distance, and it's also a great home base for driving to other destinations in Tuscany, with easy access to the freeway.
All in all, great hosts, great apartment, and a great stay in Florence. Grazie!