Barbaras apartment is great and just as shown in the pictures. Close to the center, Santa Maria train station and near several restaurants and shops. And we have really enjoyed our time in Florence. There were also no need for AC, simply because the apartment had a really nice temperature.
However, the apartment is very noisy and we could hear everything happening outside and in the other apartments.
The first day we were greeted by Maurizio and his daughter. Gave us information about the apartment, neighborhood, keys and parking. We were told and shown on the map an area we could park for free near the apartment. We had expected free parking as this was advertised on the site and that was also the main reason why the choice fell on this apartment. However, turned out that things had changed, no free parking in the centre of Florence, ZTL zone had come up, page updating had not been done and despite good communication between Barbara and me, we ended up with a fine for parking at the wrong place. So we also had to pay to park in a parking garage. This we received even though we got a confirmation from both Maurizio and Barbara that this was an area it was allowed to park for free.
Despite this unpleasant event, Barbara has been good at keeping in touch throughout our stay and very cooperative, so we came up with a solution.
Recommend the apartment for everyone, except for families with small children and those traveling by car (unless you do not mind paying between 25-35 € per night for parking).