The location is excellent but unfortunately the rest is far from great. Especially when you compare it to the relatively high price of the apartment.
Some examples:
- Basics that are no-brainers for these kind of apartments weren't arranged at all; there was no shampoo available. There was not even a bottle of fresh cold water in the refrigerator. The guy who received us said that the water from the tap was perfectly drinkable, and comparable with bottled water. Not even close and disgusting.
- In the living room, there is no curtain on the front window or any other option to cover the window, which means that in the evening people can look into the apartment from the square in front of the house. If the sun is shining on the square in front of the house it's also a painful experience for the eyes to watch television.
- The wifi is absolutely terrible. If you come for a business trip and you have some videocalls during the day, please be aware that you're dependent on your mobile hotspot if you don't want to face interruptions. Streaming video's (e.g. Netflix) using the wifi of the apartment is not an option, we had to stream videos using our mobile phone as a hotspot with data roaming on.
- There is no sound system, if you want to listen to some music you have to connect your laptop via HDMI to the television screen.
- The cleaning lady was still cleaning the apartment when we arrived, even though we arrived 2,5 hours after the initial check-in time. It was communicated on forehand that the host had struggles with cleaning personnel. We asked if we could check out a bit later due to this on our day of leaving, but the host never got back on this.
Last but not least we asked for a recommendation for a place to eat. We went to the place that was recommended to us, which was a terrible experience. Unfortunately we checked the reviews of the restaurant online after we got our food served, which learned us that the recommended place was rated somewhere in the bottom 15% of all restaurants in Florence.
All in all not the value for money you would expect in this price range.