we were met with Guido's friend who lives on the first floor of the apartment building.

Pros: Location was awsome, steps away from Santa Croce and block away from Plaza Signora/Effizi, well equiped (even had a small washer in the apartment), very helpful and friendly host

Cons: Steps...lottsa them, even though it says in the description, however we did not realize it was almost 10 flights of narrow steps to lug our heavy luggage up and down.