I stay at Barbara's for 4 nights. We had 3 perfect nights and 1 bad night.
Our train to Florence was delayed, but Barbara's Dad, Ennio still waited outside the apartment for our arrival which was very nice of him. He helped us with our suitcases to the top floor. Then he patiently showed us each space of the apartment and welcomed us with a basket of food and wine. He went thru the maps and attractions of Florence with us, and also the transportation. It was like a quick course on what to do in Florence. We love Ennio. He is very nice, welcoming, and helpful. By the way, the apartment is extremely close to the train, metro and bus station.
This apartment is very well equipped in terms of female standards. It is the AirBnB apartment I loved the most during my entire 14-day Europe trip. It has washing machine, hair dryer, iron, iron board, bright white light in bathroom (perfect for makeup), full size mirror, paper towels and refills, different sizes clean towels in bathroom (like a hotel), fully equipped kitchen (including kettle, all kinds of pots, plates, cups, seasonings, microwave, oven, toaster, juicer…). It is just very well equipped that I can’t emphasize enough. We actually did make dinner one night, oh and they have dish washer too!
There are many hotels located around us. So there are many people walking through days and nights which made us feel safe and the alley we entered to go into the apartment is fully lighted. There is an extra gate just outside the apartment door, which gives you extra security as you hauling the bags with the apartment door opened.
So here is the one bad night. There was a night with no water supply, without notice from the host. Even if there is notice in the building, I wouldn’t be able to read Italian. I contacted Barbara on whatsapp immediately she said they would try to resolve it in the morning. So we went to bed with sweat from the all-day tour and me with full make up on… it was terrible. After all I still don’t know why it happened. The water comes back in the morning. So this incident is taking off some points, other than that, I would say everything else is perfect.
One thing I forgot to mention… the apartment is very clean. 5-star clean! Which is also why I loved it the most despite the water supply incident.