My friend and I spent 4 nights in Florence and stayed at Paola's loft. Her loft is spacious and centrally located in the San Lorenzo area. It has a nice, modern yet minimalistic feel to it and interesting art work. While there was one queen bed upstairs, Paola was very accommodating and added an inflatable mattress to the second room upstairs. It's also has a great kitchen with all the amenities. The washer/dryer came in handy as we were traveling a couple of weeks and were glad to have clean clothes mid trip.

The neighborhood is lively including the evenings - safe as well. It was close to a lot of the sites - Doumo (5 min), Uffizi (10 min), San Lorenzo Market (3 min) so it was very convenient. It was also close to the Santa Maria Novella train station (~7 min walk) so easy if you are coming from the train or bus. Paola was very responsive when booking as well as answering various questions we had. Overall, we had a very good stay at Paola's and would recommend it.