We were two people, and we stayed here one night.
Silvia is friendly, but not nice. She speaks in an angry and rather final tone, it is sometimes slightly rude. She just shouts in Italian regardless of whether we understand. She treats her guests like they are her children. We didn't want to cause trouble so we just followed what she said, but we saw several problems with the home and (especially) the host.
1. Privacy
You use the attic, and there's no door so the host can hear every sound you make. You barely have any privacy. This was not a big problem for us, since we knew about it when we booked.
2. Place
The room is just one large bed and a bathroom. No chairs, no other spaces or facilities and its a small space but clean and bed is comfy. The shower was slightly uncomfortable to use, but bathroom itself was clean and spacious
3. Neighborhood
We encountered several black people who were drunk and made racist comments about us (we are asian). Made us feel unsafe.
4. Smoking
Many reviews mention smoking, but it was much worse than we thought. Silvia smoked in the balcony for almost the whole evening, and the whole house smelled of cigarettes until morning. Might be a deal-breaker if you hate cigarette smell like we do.
5. Air Conditioning
The listing mentions "wireless air conditioning". I had no idea what this was, but apparently this is a wrong translation of "air conditioner is broken". Keep that in mind when booking.
6. Communication
Silvia barely speaks English. Her daughter helps translate if she is present, but she's not always home.
We had an issue regarding the checkout time. I told her we were checking out at 10 to 10:30. She didn't understand, so I said around 10. Her daughter was in the next room, so I thought it wouldn't be a problem.
However, we were woken up 9:40 the next morning and told that they would close down the house at 10 so we have to leave before that. It was a simple miscommunication, but Silvia started shouting at us in Italian. We hurried and left before 10. When we were leaving, she apologized saying she already has to leave.
Recommendation: use Airbnb messenger instead of trying to speak English to her. Especially for the important stuff like checkout.
7. House Rules (that are not shared to us)
- The water pump makes a loud sound every few seconds when we use the water. We were two people, but during the first shower Silvia told us "don't use a lot of water, we don't have much water in Italy these days". I don't know the water situation in Italy, so be your own judge.
- There is a separate light for the attic, that barely makes it to the living room. Around 11pm, Silvia told us good night and turned off the common lights. We had the attic light on, but after 10 minutes she told us in a rather annoyed tone to turn off the lights. (Her daughter tried to stop her.)
These would not have been major problems if we were notified earlier, but since we were not it was not a pleasant experience.
Overall we had a not so pleasant experience at Silvia's place. Bear these points in mind before you book; if you are fine with these and/or speak good Italian, you're going to love the place.