This apt is lovely, spacious and was cool so we didn't need to use the air conditioning.
My daughter slept on the sofa bed and I upstairs in the loft area.
We had lots of room in comparison to some of the other apartments we stayed in over the course of our 6 week trip to Europe- and that was a welcome change.
The neighbourhood is great with a few great restaurants close, a supermarket just around the corner.. and the best wine shop!
The kitchen had nearly everything we needed- except a toaster and a good set of knives as we cook a lot at home but no shortage of plates, glasses, cups etc and all in good condition.
(We found it common in Europe not to have a great selection of knives or toasters in apartments- so be warned)
It is a 30- 40 minute walk to most things you may want to do as a tourists- eg the Ponte Vecchio etc
We chose to walk most days , just to explore, but there are buses nearby.
Sara met us at the apt after we got a cab from the station, as we had bags!
The apt is on the ground flr, which was great for us.
The ride there from Santa Maria Novella was 15 Euros.
We got Sara to call & book us a cab on our last day- the ride back to the station was 28 Euros.
Sara was great with information and also made sure we had a plugin mosquito repellent, as this was one of our biggest challenges in Europe!
There was a little noise from people walking upstairs occasionally and the front door of the building itself with a very loud metallic scraping sound- Sara is dealing with this as we have told her!
We highly recommend Sara's place and when I ( hopefully) come to Florence again I will want to stay here!