Although the location is good, and close to the Fiorenza Statuto train station and a tram station, and a ~25 minute walk to the Duomo and city center, be aware of a couple of things before you book this Airbnb:
1. if you’re a non-smoker, you will feel miserable at this apartment. I get that a lot of people smoke in Europe, however the smell of smoke was impregnated in the apartment. The bed sheets, the couch, the rug (I had to take the rug out of the leaving room and leave it on the balcony). And every time we tried opening the balcony window, someone was smoking outside so the smell would be worse. In fact, I got sick because of the smoke smell, and that’s the last thing you need when traveling.
2. The power went out twice. You CANNOT use the stove top and the stove at the same time. And it’s not a whole building power outage situation, it’s just the apartment. The first time it happened, the host was able to resolve the situation fairly quickly, however the second time we were in the middle of making breakfast, and it was quite an inconvenience. The worst part is that the host acted extremely nonchalant about it, and did not apologize for the inconvenience once.
3. This is not a deal breaker, however it is quite annoying. I was promised by the host that I would have “Nespresso capsules in the kitchen”, however there was none. When I told the host about it, she said if I could open the drawers and send her pictures. She said she would send the cleaner with some coffee capsules, however that never happened and I got no response after sending her the pictures.
4. There are no trash bags. We stayed for 3 nights and accumulated quite a fair amount of trash (we cooked) which we had no way to dispose since there were no bags and no clear indication on how to dispose of it. So it all just stayed there with us the entire time.
5. The dish washing sponge is in absolute deplorable situation, and I was not about to use that on the dishes I was going to eat on. So for 3 days we were not able to wash the dishes.
6. Mosquitos. Not the host’s fault, however just be aware that if you leave the window open they will come in and you will wake up looking like you’ve got chickenpox.
7. Be careful with the stairs that lead to the loft’s bedroom, they are quite precarious.
All in all, it wasn’t the worse place I have stayed at, however these are things to consider. The shower was nice at least.